Gammage v. Powell

The plaintiff in error, Gammage, bid off land sold' at sheriff's sale, but did not comply with the terms of his bid; and the sheriff, on the same day, resold the property to another. Subsequently Gammage filed an equitable petition, praying that the officer be enjoined from conveying the land to the last purchaser, and that he be required to convey the same to the petitioner. At the hearing, Mrs. Suttles, the defendant in execution, offered an intervention, praying that she be made a party, and that, for reasons set forth in her intervention, the second sale be set aside. The application of…