Goodrich v. Rogers

Citations

• 75 Wash. 212
• 134 P. 947
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1700

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute ok — Sale oe Real Estate — Broker’s Commissions. A contract listing real estate with an agent for sale falls within the statute of frauds, where it was not signed, there was no promise to pay a commission and the land was not described.</p> <p>Same. A contract for a broker’s commissions, required by Rem. &. Bal. Code, § 5289, to be in writing, is void, where resort must be had to oral testimony to ascertain the amount agreed to be paid.</p> <p>Same — Pleading—General Denial. In an action for a broker’s commissions, in which the complaint sets out a written contract which is without the statute of frauds, the defendant may, under a general denial, avail himself of the defenses of the statute.</p>