Index card Chelmsford Auctions Ltd v Poole

Chelmsford Auctions Ltd v Poole

Hearings

England & Wales

19 Dec 1972 [1973] QB 542; [1973] 2 WLR 219; [1973] 1 All ER 810, CA

Subject Matter

AGENCY — Auctioneer — Right to sue — Car sold at auction subject to printed conditions of sale — Purchaser paying auctioneers sufficient to cover commission — Refusal to pay balance of purchase price — Car retained by auctioneers after paying whole price to vendor — Action by auctioneers in own name against purchaser for balance of price — Whether auctioneers' lien over goods in possession continuing after receipt of sum covering their commission and charges

[1973] QB 542; [1973] 2 WLR 219

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