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Harper v. Williams

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jun 1, 1836
21 N.C. 379 (N.C. 1836)

Opinion

June Term, 1836.

A vendor has no equitable lien for the purchase-money against a creditor of the vendee, who claims under an execution sale.

The case of Johnson v. Cawthorn (ante, page 32) approved.

THIS was a bill, filed by a vendor, to subject the land sold to the payment of the purchase money. Many facts and circumstances were stated to strengthen the plaintiff's claim, which were strongly contested by the defendant, but which it is wholly unnecessary to state, as it was conceded that the defendant claimed under a sale made upon executions against the vendee.


The case was submitted, without argument, by Mordecai for the plaintiff and W. C. Stanly for the defendant.


We do not advert to the particular circumstances stated in the answer, on which it is insisted that the plaintiff gave credit exclusively to his vendee, personally, and that he then, or subsequently, renounced his lien, because the case must be decided against the plaintiff upon the general principle agreed on in Johnson v. Cawthorn, ante, 32. The vendor has no equitable lien as against the vendee's creditor, who proceeds to a sale by execution.

PER CURIAM. Bill dismissed.


Summaries of

Harper v. Williams

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jun 1, 1836
21 N.C. 379 (N.C. 1836)
Case details for

Harper v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:FRANCIS HARPER v. DAVID M. WILLIAMS ET AL

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Jun 1, 1836

Citations

21 N.C. 379 (N.C. 1836)