Hatfield v. Max Rouse & Sons Northwest

McFADDEN, Justice.

This action arises out of an auction sale conducted by defendant-appellant Max Rouse & Sons Northwest, a Nevada corporation (Rouse), held in Hayden Lake, Idaho, on February 22, 1975. The sale was held to liquidate Hatfield Logging owned by Koyle Hatfield of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Hatfield contacted Rouse’s Seattle representative, John Poysky, in late 1974, and Poysky, along with the auctioneer and principle shareholder of the Rouse auction firms, Harold Rouse, visited Hatfield, viewed his equipment, and discussed the sale. 1

Koyle’s son, David Hatfield, plaintiff-respondent,…