Taylor v. Harnett
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Adpeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of -New York, borough of Manhattan, first district.
1Opinion of the CourtBeekman, P. J.
The plaintiffs claim that they were the highest bidders at an auction sale of certain stock, which was conducted by the defendants, who are copartners engaged in business as auctioneers; that the! latter refused to accept their bid and awarded the property to the next lowest bidder, and that, in so doing, they violated a duty which they owed, as a matter of law, to the plaintiffs as bidders at the sale, for which they are liable in damages. The justice below rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. On the trial there was such a conflict upon the facts that we should not *363undertake to…
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