Stockelback v. Bradley

This is a suit brought by the administratix of the succession of Widow Elizabeth Curry to recover of defendant the difference between the price brought by a certain piece of property when first sold at public auction to defendant ($12,300) and when sold “a la folie enchere’ ($9,250), after defendant failed to comply with her bid.

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Petitioner alleges: That the adjudication to defendant was made on June 12, 1924, the terms of sale/ being: “Purchaser to pay cash. * * * Ten per cent, deposit required at moment of adjudication.” That, notwithstanding repeated demands, the 10 per cent, deposit was…