Yellow Brick Rd. Auctions, L.L.C. v. Dixon

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1934

Syllabus

Contract damages; compensatory damages; specific performance; adequate remedy; money damages; sale of automobile at auction; App.R. 12(A)(1)(c). Appellant and appellee entered into a contract for appellee to sell appellant's vehicle at an online auction. Appellant's vehicle received the agreed upon minimum bid of $12,000. Appellant then breached the agreement and refused to sell the vehicle. Under the terms of the agreement, appellee was entitled to 12 percent of the selling bid and 8 percent from at bidder's premium when the vehicle was sold. The case proceeded to a bench trial where the trial court awarded appellee specific performance ordering appellant to transfer his vehicle to the winning bidder. On appeal, appellant argued in his first assignment of error the trial court erred in awarding specific performance, and we agree. The evidence presented at trial shows that money damages are an adequate relief for appellee. We therefore sustain his first assignment of error finding the trial court abused its discretion awarding specific performance. We also find appellant's assignments of error Nos. 2 and 3 as moot pursuant to App.R. 12(A)(1)(c).