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20 Cal. 618

Taylor v. McKinney

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1862

California Supreme Court · decided 1862-07-01

On the twenty-ninth day of May, 1856, N. A. Townsend and defendant entered into a contract, whereby Townsend agreed to sell to defendant the undivided one-half of a certain water ditch in Shasta County, for which defendant agreed to pay $5,000 in installments, defendant to have immediate possession, and upon the payment of the purchase money, Townsend to execute to him a conveyance.

Relies on Sparks v. Hess

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Decided 1862-07-01

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 1947

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Cope, J. delivered the opinion of the Court—Field, C. J. concurring.

¶1This is an action to recover the purchase money of certain real estate, and to enforce a vendor’s lien for its payment. It is unnecessary to notice the points raised upon matters of evidence, except to say that there is nothing in them to justify us in disturbing the findings. The case, in other respects, is similar to that of Sparks v. Hess, (15 Cal. 186) the only difference being that here the contract has been assigned, and it is claimed that the lien of a vendor is not assignable. The vendor not only assigned the contract, but executed to the assignee a conveyance of the property; and there is no doubt that the effect was to vest in the latter all the rights and equities pertaining to the former. The assignee holds the title as security for the payment of the money, and it would be an anomaly in legal proceedings if this security could not be enforced as a lien upon the property.

¶2We cannot revise the order of the Court allowing a replication to be filed .after the time limited by the statute.

¶3The judgment is affirmed.

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