Supreme Court of North Carolina June 5, 1828 (Wynne v. Alston)

lead-opinion

It has been a long established principle in the English courts of equity that the vendor of land sold has a lien upon the land for the purchase money in the hands of the vendee, or in those of any person claiming under him, with notice, although for a valuable consideration. Sug. Vend., 386, and the authorities there cited.