22 App. D.C. 538 - Auerbach v. Wolf’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““In this case, there is no suggestion of fraud, mistake, or unfairness in making the sale. But the settled principle is that in chancery sales, the contract of sale, made between the court as the vendor of the property, through the agency of a trustee, and the purchaser, is never regarded as consummated until it has received the sanction and ratification of the court. Wagner v. Cohen, 6 Gill, 97 , 46 Am. Dec. 660 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Everett v. Forst

2. ““We must not be understood, however in so holding, that we intend to give any sanction to the old English practice of opening biddings in chancery sales, upon the mere offer of an advance upon the purchaser’s bid. That practice has never obtained in this District, nor in the courts of Maryland. Cohen v. Wagner, 6 Gill, 251 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Everett v. Forst