Skates v. Hartsfield

The appellant filed his bill against the respondent, who is sheriff of Jefferson county, seeking “a writ enjoining or restraining the defendant, as sheriff, from seizing, defacing, or molesting the possession or custody of the said mint machine, as described in this bill, that he then be required to restore to the complainant any or all the said machines held or seized by defendant or his deputies, over which this complainant has ownership or control, replacing to complainant the two machines demolished, defaced, and damaged, together with all thí¡ equipment and contents of the said machine,…