Special Tax School District v. Hillman, (1938)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 16
Judges: BROWN, J.
Attorneys: G.B. Fishback, for Appellants;
Hugh Akerman and William H. Dial, for Appellees.
Filed: Mar. 08, 1938
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 727 The general question here presented is whether a court of equity can decree that the vendors have a lien for the unpaid purchase price on land which they had sold and conveyed to the Trustees of a special tax school district, to secure which the Trustees, as such, had *Page 728 executed their notes and mortgage on the land, and afterward erected a school
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 727 The general question here presented is whether a court of equity can decree that the vendors have a lien for the unpaid purchase price on land which they had sold and conveyed to the Trustees of a special tax school district, to secure which the Trustees, as such, had *Page 728 executed their notes and mortgage on the land, and afterward erected a school b..
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I think the vendors are entitled to a vendor's lien for the contract price of the land, and the Court erred in overruling the motion to strike the 9th paragraph of the answer.
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