18 Nev. 126 | Nev. | 1883
By the Court,
Plaintiff appeals from the judgment rendered herein in favor of defendants for their costs of suit. It is assigned as error that the court below erred in sustaining defendants’ demurrer to the original complaint, and also in sustaining the demurrer of James H. Kiukead, executor, to plaintiff’s amended complaint. By the amended complaint, plaintiff alleges the partnership of himself and Crocker until the ■latter’s death; that he owned an undivided one-half interest in the property described in the deed before mentioned,
Upon these facts plaintiff prays that a vendor’s lien be decreed in his favor and against all the defendants named for the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, the consideration named in said conveyance ; that an order of sale be made directing the sale of so much of said premises as may be necessary to pay plaintiff’s demand for the purchase price of said property.
The amended complaint was demurred to on the ground that it did not state a cause of action. The demurrer was sustained. Plaintiff' refusing to amend further, judgment for defendants’ costs was rendered against plaintiff, as before stated. We think the averment of copartnership is sufficient. (Reese v. Kinkead, 17 Nev. 447.)
Counsel for respondent contends that, if a partnership existed, and the property conveyed was partnership property, there was no lien for the purchase money; that the property would still be subject to the partnership debts, and the equitable lien of the creditors would prevail. JBut the-complaint does not show the existence of any partnership creditors, and if such there are, they are not made parties. The defendants have the right to protect them
The judgment is reversed, with instructions to the court below to allow defendants a reasonable time to answer.