Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit February 4, 1993, 92-1759 (Joseph I. Askren v. 21st Street Inn and Third Savings and Loan Company)

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity suit to enforce a vendor’s lien. We can simplify the facts. The plaintiff, Askren, owner of a two-acre parcel of land in Indianapolis, made a contract with Cardinal Industries, a hotel chain, to sell the parcel to Cardinal for $250,000.