16 Neb. 311 | Neb. | 1884
This was an action of ejectinent brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover the possession of lot 3, in block 10, in Lavender's addition to tl~ie city of Lincoln. On the second trial in the court below judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants.
It appears from the record that on the 19th day of July, 1871, Luke Lavender, who was then the owner of the lot in question, sold the same together with lots 1, 2, and 4 in said block to Byron Kenable and 0. 0. Parmenter for the sum of $1,600, payable as follows: $100, at the time of making the contract; $500 on or before Aug. 1~th, 1871; $500 onor before February 19th, 1872, and $500 on or before August 19, 1872, interest at 10 per cent to be paid on all deferred payments. It was also agreed that upon the full payment of said sums and not otherwise, said Lavender was to make the purchasers a deed for said lots. Parmenter erected a dwelling-house on
In Fasholt v. Reed, 16 Serg. and Rawle, 266, it was held that a judgment against one who had agreed to sell but made no deed, nor received the whole of the purchase money, was a lien upon the vendor’s interest, and a pur
Reversed AND remaNded.
The other judges concur. A motion for rehearing was afterwards filed and rehearing denied.