Foote v. Robbins

Citations

• 50 Wash. 277
• 97 P. 103
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 712

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute oe— Real Estate — Broker’s Commissions— Terms oe Contract. Under Laws, 1905, p. 110, which requires an agreement authorizing or employing a broker to sell or purchase real estate for compensation or a commission to be in writing, signed by the party to be charged, etc., brokers cannot recover for commissions under a written contract giving them exclusive authority to sell real estate, where it contained no agreement for the payment of the commissions; as the same is insufficient to take the case out of the operation of the statute of frauds, and parol evidence as to an agreement for commissions is inadmissible.</p>