W. E. Tabb & Co. v. Long
W. E. Tabb & Co. v. Long
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The judgment rendered in this cause is not authorized by the facts disclosed by the pleadings, nor by the prayer for relief. The D.over Mill property is spoken of in the deed from Long to Dob-good as “real estate,” “land,” etc., and is described by metes and bounds, and a lien retained on one undivided third part of the land or realty thus described.
This interest and no more Long can subject to the payment of the unpaid purchase money. The fact that additional improvements have been erected on the realty described in the conveyance, and that changes have been made in the character of the buildings thereon, neither enlarges nor diminishes Long’s rights. He still holds his lien upon one-third of the realty conveyed, and
If the question as to whether or not the entire property should be sold was before the court at all, it must have been by agreement, and the record should exhibit a state of facts authorizing a court to try and determine a real issue submitted by the parties, upon agreement, as provided in Secs. 705-707, Civil Code.
We have here a judgment settling a question not raised by the pleadings, with no evidence that it was' submitted to -the court except the recital in the face of the judgment.
The judgment of April 26, 1873, directing a sale of the entire property, is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
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