Ex Parte Moore

ANDERSON, Judge:

This appeal involves a special referee’s conduct at a mortgage foreclosure sale. Louie E. Moore (“Moore”) was the highest bidder at the foreclosure sale of certain real estate owned by Fairfield Real Estate Company, Inc. (“Fairfield”), at which time Moore was the president and sole shareholder of Fairfield. The referee then announced Moore was required to tender his earnest money to the court within fifteen minutes of the closing of the first sale. After Moore could not tender his deposit within the allotted time limit, the referee re-auctioned the property. Moore objected to…