McCrea v. Ogden

Citations

• 54 Wash. 521
• 103 P. 788
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1028

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute of — Sale of Real Estate — Memorandum—Sufficiency — Contract for Commissions — Brokers. The words “Commission to be paid when 2d payment is made to M. & M., $625,” after the signature of a vendor at the foot of a contract to purchase real estate, is not a sufficient memorandum of the agreement, within Laws 1905, p. 110, providing that an agreement for a broker’s commission on the sale of real estate shall he void unless the contract or some note or memorandum thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized (overruling, on rehearing, Id., 50 Wash. 495).</p>