HOLSTON v. PENNINGTON

Record No. 801160.

304 S.E.2d 287 (1983)

Joseph K. HOLSTON, et al. v. George W. PENNINGTON, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.C. Jennings, Marion, for appellants.

Donald G. Hammer, Marion (John Roger Thompson, Wytheville, Burke, Graybeal & Hammer, Marion, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


RUSSELL, Justice.

In this appeal from a decree of specific performance, we must consider whether the seller of land at an "absolute auction" may "block" various parcels together, whether a successful bid recorded by the auctioneer satisfies the statute of frauds, and whether the auctioneer may bid at the sale. We affirm the decree.

Joseph K. Holston and his wife were the owners of two tracts of land in Smyth County containing about eighty acres in the aggregate...

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