Hawley v. Simons

This was a bill in equity filed May 8, 1871, by appellant, against appellee and Edward Simons, seeking correction of a sheriff’s deed, and praying for the execution of a new deed to sixty acres of land. The original bill was filed against Edward Simons, the defendant in the execution under which the land was sold, and the bill averred against appellee that he claimed some interest in the land. The original bill only claimed relief to the extent of the land and correction of the defective sheriff’s deed. There was no claim for rents and profits that had accrued to the time it was filed, or…