Cowan & Co. v. Sapp
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Blount. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The nature of the case and the material facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The court below rendered a decree granting the relief prayed for by the complainant, and this decree is assigned as error.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— Appellee brings the bill, and seeks to have declared satisfied a judgment, rendered in August, 1878, in the Circuit Court of Blount county, in favor of Cowan & Co., to set aside a sale of lands made in the following December under an execution issued on the judgment ; to cancel the deed executed by the sheriff to appellants, Cowan & Co., who were the purchasers; and to perpetually enjoin them from taking and from bringing suit to recover possession of the lands, and for general relief. The title to relief is rested on a compromise and satisfaction of the note, on which the judgment is…
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