Case Name: John McHolland, Appellant, v. Verna Treadway
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1931-07-28
Citations: 328 Mo. 721
Docket Number: 
Parties: John McHolland, Appellant, v. Verna Treadway.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 328
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
John McHolland, Appellant, v. Verna Treadway.
41 S. W. (2d) 375.
Division One,
July 28, 1931.
Tom N. Douglas and J. William Cook for appellant.
G. Purd Hayes and Robert Gideon for respondent.

Opinion:
GANTT, P. J.
This case came to me on .reassignment. Action to recover $500 and a lien for said amount on certain land in Stone County. On change of venue the cause'was transferred, to Latvrénce County. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appealed. : . - .«
It is alleged that plaintiff agreed, to pay and. defendant agreed to accept $1500 for the land; that plaintiff paid to defendant $500- of said amount; that he tendered to defendant the balance of the Jrar-chase price; that defendant .refused to accept the same, and refused to deed the land to plaintiff. "Wherefore, plaintiff prayed for a judgment lien on said land for $500. The answer was a general denial with a plea that the contract was not in writing and void under the Statute of Frauds. The reply was a general denial..
We assume the appeal was granted to this court on the theory.'that title to real estate was involved. The question of plaintiff's right to a lien on the land does not involve the title to real estate within the meaning of the Constitution. [Nettleton Bank v. Estate of McGauhey, 318 Mo. 948, 953, 2 S. W. (2d) 771; Utz et al. v. Dormann, 31 S. W. (2d) 991.]
This court is without jurisdiction and the cause should be transferred to the Springfield Court of Appeals. It is'so ordered. ,
All concur.