Thornton v. Lindsey

Supreme Court of Alabama
Thornton v. Lindsey, 140 So. 350 (Ala. 1932)
224 Ala. 293; 1932 Ala. LEXIS 535
Anderson, Bouldin, Gardner, Poster

Thornton v. Lindsey

Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, J.

The rule is’ here well established that the taking of personal security for the purchase price of land is prima facie a waiver of the vendor’s lien. Foster v. Trustees of Athenaeum 3 Ala. 302; Kinney v. Ensminger, 94 Ala. 536, 10 So. 143; Jacobs v. Goodwater Graphite Co., 205 Ala. 112, 87 So. 363. But the question is one of intention, and subject to rebuttal. Donegan’s Adm’r v. Hentz, 70 Ala. 437.

In the instant case the prima facie ease of waiver by the acceptance of the vendee’s *294 note, with surety thereon, is rebutted by the express language of paragraph 5 of the bill to the effect that the deed recited the unpaid portion of the purchase price was secured by a vendor’s lien. If the deed so reads, as alleged, clearly the prima facie case of waiver is overcome. Authorities, supra.

This is averred as a fact, and not subject to the objection that it is but the conclusion of the pleader. Orendorff v. Tallman, 90 Ala. 441, 7 So. 821; Cullman Property Co. v. H. H. Hitt Lumber Co., 201 Ala. 150, 77 So. 574; American Book Co. v. State, 216 Ala. 867, 113 So. 592.

The demurrer to the bill was properly overruled, and the decree will accordingly be here affirmed. ‘ >

Affirmed.

ANDERSON, C. J., and BOULDIN and POSTER, JJ¡, concur.

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Full Case Name
THORNTON Et Al. v. LINDSEY
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