Suttles v. Sewell

Sewell filed his petition to the superior court of 'Fulton county, praying that the sheriff be required to put him in -possession of certain lands, a deed to which had been executed ■to him by the sheriff in pursuance of a sale made under a mort'•gage fi. fa. in favor of Mrs. Powell against Mrs. Suttles, the "property having been bid off by the plaintiff in execution and the bid afterwards transferred for a valuable consideration to ■ the petitioner. The judge issued a rule nisi, calling upon the : sheriff and Mrs. Suttles to show cause why the application should not be granted. The sheriff…