Hege v. Hessel

Citations

• 57 Wash. 499
• 107 P. 375
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 784

Syllabus

<p>Brokers — Commissions—Contracts. In an action to recover a broker’s commission, under defendant’s offer to sell and his promise in writing to pay the commission, the right to recovery is fixed by procuring a purchaser ready and willing to buy, followed by defendant’s refusal to convey, and it is immaterial that the purchaser’s written acceptance of the offer was conditional in form.</p> <p>Brokers — Commissions—Contracts—Frauds, Statute of. No recovery can be had against a vendor upon his refusal to convey, for loss of a broker’s commission agreed to be paid the vendee, where the vendor has not bound himself in writing to pay the commissions as required by the statute of frauds.</p>