Muir v. Kane

Citations

• 55 Wash. 131
• 104 P. 153
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 720

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Consideration—Morad Obligation — Ebauds, Statute or. An oral contract with, a broker to pay commissions on the sale of real estate, void under the statute of frauds, raises a moral obligation which is sufficient consideration to support a subsequent written agreement to pay the same, after the rendition of the services.</p> <p>Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered May 15, 1908, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury,' in an action to recover a broker’s commission. Affirmed.</p>