Freedman v. Walsh

These are two bills in equity brought by purchasers of various parcels of land at public auctions on June 29, 1949, seeking specific performance or, in the al ternative, that damages be awarded or that the deposits paid at the time of the auctions be returned. The plaintiffs appealed from final decrees dismissing the bills.

The defendants, the trustees under the will of John J. Moore, employed an auctioneer to sell a parcel of land consisting of five lots. The auctions were held on the premises. Each lot had been staked out by the auctioneer and numbered with a tag. Sketches of the lots were…