Houston v. Griffin

Dr. Troy Raney and his wife formerly owned eighty acres of land as tenants by the entirety. The appellant, G. P. Houston, claiming title under separate deeds from Dr. and Mrs. Raney, brought this suit to enjoin the sheriff from selling the land under a writ of execution issued upon a judgment which the appellee W. R. Griffin, had obtained against the Raneys. The sale was held, however, and Griffin was the purchaser. Houston then amended his complaint to ask that the execution proceedings be canceled as a cloud upon his title. Griffin countered with a request that the deeds from the Raneys to…