§ 71-3-1302

71-3-1302. Purchaser's lien on real property. A person who pays to the owner any part of the price of real property under an agreement for the sale of real property has a special lien upon the property, independent of possession, for the part of the amount paid that the person is entitled to recover in case of a failure of consideration. History: En. Sec. 3934, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5804, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8382, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3050; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1695; re-en. Sec. 8382, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 45-1105; amd. Sec. 2298, Ch. 56, L. 2009.