Simmons v. Cook

Simmons filed an equitable petition against Nelms as sheriff of Fulton county, Sammons, and Cook, the latter of whom was plaintiff in a certain execution against Sammons, which had been levied on certain land of the defendant, which petitioner claimed he had purchased at the sale made by the sheriff. He prayed that the sheriff be enjoined from reselling the property and be required to specifically perform the contract of sale made by him to the petitioner, and that it be decreed that the sheriff should make a deed of conveyance of the land to the petitioner; also for general relief. On the…