Talley v. Southern Real Estate & Investment Co.

This is a suit brought by auctioneers against a successful bidder at an auction sale, to enforce specific performance of two contracts for the purchase of land. The petition alleges, in substance, that the auctioneers in such sale acted as agents of the designated owner of the land, and were to be compensated for their services by a stated commission on the proceeds derived from the sales; that these facts were all well known to the successful bidder; that such bidder executed two written contracts, duplicates except “as to the amounts to be paid, notes to be executed, and the descriptions of…