Baumgarten v. Smith
Baumgarten v. Smith
Opinion of the Court
The only facts material to mention in this case are briefly stated.
Herriman and Smith, claiming title to the property in con
The law in this case is well settled. The vendee, remaining in possession without payment of the purchase-money, cannot dispute his vendor’s title. The vendor had a right to bring his action of trespass to try title, in default of the payment of the purchase-money. The action might have been defeated by a tender of the unpaid purchase-money.
Where both parties deraign title from the same source, and this appears from the pleadings in the ease, the plaintiff need not go beyond the common source of title. The judgment in this case is affirmed.
Affirmed.
Reference
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- Baumgarten and wife v. W. Smith and others
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- 1. A purchaser of land, who is in default of payment of the purchase-money, cannot dispute his vendor’s title, when sued hy the latter for possession of the land. 2- A vendor of land whose purchase-money has not been fully paid in accordance with the terms of sale, may recover the land from the vendee, by an action of trespass to try title; but the vendee, it seems, may defeat the action by tendering the unpaid purchase-money.