Case Name: Lyman Brightman v. J. M. Word, Administrator, etc.
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1873
Citations: 37 Tex. 310
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lyman Brightman v. J. M. Word, Administrator, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 310–311

Head Matter:
Lyman Brightman v. J. M. Word, Administrator, etc.
B. sold a piece of land to 9., and, to secure payment for the same, took a mortgage on two slaves, who were emancipated before the debt was paid. Held, that the mortgage of the slaves did not pass the property in them, and tlieir loss as property fell upon 9., on their emancipation; but by taking a mortgage upon the slaves, B. waived his vendor’s lien upon the land.
Appeal from Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. Daniel D. Claiborne.
The head-note sufficiently indicates the facts of the case.
C. A. Russell for the appellant.
No brief for the appellee has reached the hands of the reporter.

Opinion:
Walker, J.
The property in the negro woman and child did not pass absolutely under the mortgage, but taking a mortgage over other property than the land sold, released the vendor's lien.
When the slaves were emancipated, they were still the property of the mortgagor, and the maxim res perii, domino must apply; but the court erred in decreeing a vendor's lien.
The judgment of the District Court must be reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.