Case Name: P. L. Lane v. James Breeden et al.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1873-10-21
Citations: 7 Ky. Op. 221
Docket Number: 
Parties: P. L. Lane v. James Breeden et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 7
Pages: 221–222

Head Matter:
P. L. Lane v. James Breeden et al.
Vendor and Purchaser — Vendor’s Lien — Pleading.
A complaint to enforce a vendor’s lien, wliicli fails to allege how the land was sold, whether by parol, by bond or by deed, and makes no statement from which the court can infer that a lien had been retained by the vendor, is insufficient.
APPEAL ER.OM GRANT CIRCUIT COURT.
October 21, 1873.
Fisk, Green, for appellant.
Drane, for appellees.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Pryor:
We deem it unnecessary to allude to the evidence affecting the rights of these parties. Lane is insisting upon his right to enforce what in an agreement he designated as a lien upon the land sold by Brumback .to Breeden. The pleading upon which he seeks to enforce this lien is obviously defective; he fails to allege how this land was sold .to Ashcraft, whether in parol, by bond, or deed, and- makes no statement from which this court can infer that a lien was retained by the vendor. It is alleged that the notes were given for the purchase-money for the land. The petition of Lane must contain all the allegations made necessary in an original petition to enforce vendors' liens', and particularly should it be so, when a third party asserts his claim as purchaser. If Lane had filed this petition against Ashcraft and Brumback to enforce this lien a judgment by default could not have been rendered, as there is no allegation showing that a lien existed or that any was retained. Ashcraft is not responsible personally, as the land was redelivered to Brumback by the consent of the attorney of Lane, in order that Brumback might use it to pay that debt.
The judgment below is affirmed.