Kinmon v. J. P. King Auction Company, Inc.

FAULKNER, Justice.

This case is the tale of “Bittersweet.” Bittersweet is a home in Perdido Beach, Alabama, not far from the Gulf Coast of our fair State. On the property along Soldier Creek are a main house, a cabin, three mobile homes, a boathouse, a concrete fish pond, and other features and attractions spread among the pine trees.

On July 29, 1971, George H. Kinmon, the owner, signed a contract with J. P. King Auction Company (King) to sell the property “for the highest price obtainable.” Kinmon testified to having “conveyed” to the representatives of King that he expected to realize…