Furr v. Morgan

Mississippi Supreme Court
Furr v. Morgan, 55 Miss. 389 (Miss. 1877)
Campbell

Furr v. Morgan

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The vendor’s lien is a security for each of the notes given, for the purchase-money, which is made payable by installments at different times, and the holder of such notes may pursue his remedy, regardless of the fact that all of the notes are not due.

The demurrer to the amended bill was improperly sustained, and the decree will be reversed, the demurrer overruled, and the cause remanded for an answer within thirty days after the mandate herein shall have been filed m the court below.

Reference

Full Case Name
Henry Furr v. J. F. M. Morgan
Status
Published
Syllabus
Vendor’s Lien. Sow enforced where purchase-money due in installments. Where the purchase-money of land is made payable in several installments» evidenced by promissory notes due at different times, the vendor, being the holder of the notes, may enforce his lien against the land when one or more of such notes have become due, for the payment thereof, without waiting till all of the notes have matured.