Kauppila v. Kauppila

In this action for partition, a judge of a Probate Court allowed a commissioner’s motion to set a base price of $500,000 for sale at public auction of a tract of land located in the towns of Paxton and Holden. The parcel is held by the parties as tenants in common, a two-thirds interest in the petitioners and a one-third interest in the respondents.-

The auctioneer’s printed terms and conditions for the auction required that the high bidder tender a $25,000 nonrefundable deposit and execute a purchase and sale agreement, with the high bid to be presented to the Probate Court for confirmation.…