Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1879 (McEwen v. Bamberger)

lead-opinion

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Miles H. Mayes, being the owner of two storehouses on which there was a vendor’s lien for unpaid purchase money, due by instalments on the 8th of June, 1867, 1868 and 1869, drew up and signed, on the 16th of November, 1865, a deed conveying the store-houses and lots on which they were situated to the complainants, McEwen and Tompkins,