RIVERS v. SOUTH AUCTION AND REALTY Et Al.

Doyle, Presiding Judge.

Melissa Ann Rivers signed a contract to purchase a house from Jeff Powell after entering the winning bid in an auction run by South Auction Realty ("SAR"). After a dispute about the condition of the property, Rivers sought to cancel the contract and obtain a refund of her earnest money. With the dispute unresolved and the property sold to another party, the attorney holding the earnest money in escrow filed a complaint for interpleader to determine how to dispose of *638 the earnest money. Following a trial, a jury determined that Rivers was entitled to cancel and receive a…