Case ID: ky-op_5/html/0009-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Judge Peters:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Milton Wormick, etc., v. David Bryant, etc.
    Vendor and Purchaser — Parol Contract for Land — Abandonment by Vendor —Purchase Money.
    Appellant’s vendor having elected to abandon the parol contract for the sale of the land to their ancestor, they have a lien on the land for the purchase money, and his subsequent vendee, with notice of appellant’s lien, can occupy no better position than his vendor.
    APPEAL FROM ADAIR CIRCUIT COURT.
    February 27, 1872.
    
      
      Winfrey & Winfrey, for appellees.
    
   Opinion by

Judge Peters:

Appellant’s vendor having elected to abandon the parol contract for the sale of the land to their ancestor, they certainly had a lien on the land for the purchase money which had been actually paid, which would have been- enforceable if he had not parted with it. And his subsequent vendee, with notice of appellant’s lien, can occupy no better position than his vendor. -And if he bought with notice of the lien, as is alleged in the petition, he takes it subject to the incumbrance. Wherefore the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions to overrule the demurrer to the petition and for further proceedings consistent herewith.