Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1880

Greer v. Oldham

Greer v. Oldham
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided February 18, 1880 · Pryor
10 Ky. Op. 503; 1880 Ky. LEXIS 179

Greer v. Oldham

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

While the petition presents a cause of action, we cannot well see how any lien exists on the land conveyed by Billington to Greer for the note executed to Wilson. Greer owed Billington the purchase-money on a part of it, and in part payment executed his note to Wilson. This extinguished the debt to Billington to that extent, and of course discharged the lien for the same -amount.

It was a payment on the land, and in the absence of any proof showing fraud or mistake or some other equitable ground for relief the lien is gone. The case of McClure v. Harris, 12 B. Mon. 261, is decisive of this question. In that case the vendee executed his notes to the creditors of the vendor for the purchase-money, and this court said: β€œThe lien was extinguished and not transferred by operation of law to the creditors.”

It was also erroneous to render a personal judgment at the time the judgment in rein was entered, for the reason that a final judgment had already been given.

The judgments in personam and in rem are reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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