44-6-1. Purchase price of real property–Special or vendor’s lien.
One who sells real property has a special or vendor’s lien thereon, independent of possession, for so much of the price as remains unpaid and unsecured otherwise than by the personal obligation of the buyer.
Source: CivC 1877, §1801; CL 1887, §4436; RCivC 1903, §2148; RC 1919, §1689; SDC 1939, §39.0601.