Parker v. McBee

Mississippi Supreme Court
Parker v. McBee, 61 Miss. 134 (Miss. 1883)
Campbell

Parker v. McBee

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The lien of the vendor for the purchase-money was not waived by taking the note of the vendee and her husband for th'e price' of *138the land. The husband was not “ security ” in the sense which makes taking security an implication of an intention to waive the lien of the vendor on the land.

The lien of the vendor was not lost by the indorsement of the note by the payee upon the facts shown in the record. It was indorsed for collection merely, and was delivered to the person entitled to its proceeds, and was not assigned so as to destroy the lien of the vendor.

A recovery should be had, for whatever is due upon the note, without regard to the representation made by Andrews as to the sum due. His statement did not bind his client or entitle Wilson to claim a right to settle on that basis. Andrews had no right to accept less than was due, and had no such intention. Any error into which he was led as to the balance due, and any statement he made on that subject, did not preclude a recovery of all that was owing. The reliance of Wilsón on the statement of Andrews as to the sum due, although quite natural, was at his peril as to its accuracy, for it was not within the scope of the employment of Andrews as attorney to make representations of what was due, but his business was to collect what was due, and he could not receive less, so as to discharge the debtor, nor promise to receive less, so as to entitle a third person to satisfy the debt by paying less than the sum legally due.

Decree reversed.

Reference

Full Case Name
James Parker v. Mary McBee
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
1. Vendor’s Lien. Waiver. Additional security. Accepting a married woman’s note, signed also by lier husband, to evidence the •purchase-money of land, sold to her in 1871, was not, necessarily, a waiver of the vendor’s lien. 2. Same. Assignment of note. Trust. If the vendor held title to the land as trustee, he did not waive the lien by indorsing the note in blank and delivering it to the cestui que trust for collection. 3. Same. Attorney at law. Payment. A person buying the land from the vendee on a mistaken statement of the balance, made by an attorney who has the note for collection, cannot discharge the lien by paying this sum while more is legally due.