Briggs v. Bounds

Citations

• 48 Wash. 579
• 94 P. 101
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 921

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute of — Brokers—Employment—Oral Contract— Sufficiency. Under Laws 1905, p. 110, requiring a contract with, a broker for commissions on the sale of real estate, or a memorandum thereof, to be in writing, an oral contract of employment for the sale of land at a stated compensation is void as within the statute of frauds.</p> <p>Same — Performance—Effect. Where a statute requires a contract for the employment of a broker, or a memorandum thereof, to be in writing, full performance of an oral contract will not take the same out of the operation of the statute or authorize a recovery upon a quantum meruit.</p>