Rountree v. Todd

Head, Justice.

1. It is insisted by the petitioners that the memorandum of the auctioneer, made in connection with the purported bid of Roy Moore, which was introduced in evidence, was not sufficient to bind the bidder, and that the defendant was not entitled to his commissions unless he could show that he had consummated an enforceable sale of the property for $15,000. Under this theory, it is contended that the court erred in overruling the general grounds of the motion for new trial, in failing to charge that the sales slip offered in evidence, even if signed by Mr. Moore, would not have…