Parker v. Bruggemann

Citations

• 72 Wash. 309
• 130 P. 358
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1453

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute of — Bboker’s Commissions. A verbal contract for a broker’s commissions, made by one who was equitably a joint owner of the property, is within Rem. & Bal. Code, § 5289, requiring contracts for a broker’s commissions to be in writing, at least if the broker knew or should have known of the fact of such joint ownership.</p> <p>Brokers — Action for Commissions — Evidence — Sufficiency. Where brokers did not have an exclusive contract, they cannot recover commissions, in the absence of proof that the purchaser was produced by them or that the sale was the result of their efforts.</p>