JUDICIAL SALES - RIGHT TO SET ASIDE A SUCCESSFUL BID

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

At a public sale, the trustee in bankruptcy struck off to the plaintiff a bankrupt's assets for $16,850, a reasonable price. A referee vacated the sale when a private bidder offered $150 more and insured reopening of the bankrupt's mines and employment of its former employees. The sale was finally confirmed to the private bidder at a price only $50 in excess of the final offer made by the highest bidder at the public auction. Plaintiff appealed to the court to review the referee's order. Held, although the courts do not generally approve of vacating a fair public sale in favor of only a slightly higher private bid, the interest of the public in maintaining employment for a bankrupt's employees justified the reopening in this instance. In re Prairie Coal Co., (D. C. Ill. 1941) 40 F. Supp. 894.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, JUDICIAL SALES - RIGHT TO SET ASIDE A SUCCESSFUL BID, 40 Mich. L. Rev. 1242 (1942).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol40/iss8/12