Ross v. Kaufman

Citations

• 48 Wash. 678
• 94 P. 641
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 942

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute of — Brokers—Employment—Contract in Writing — -Memorandum—Sufficiency. Under Laws 1905, p. 110, requiring a contract with a broker for commissions on the sale of real estate, or a memorandum thereof, to be in writing, a note of instructions to the agent containing none of the terms of the contract of employment is insufficient as a memorandum under the statute.</p> <p>Constitutional Law — Class Legislation — Right to Contract— Brokers. Laws 1905, p. 110, requiring a broker’s contract to be in writing is not unconstitutional as class legislation, or as an unwarranted interference with the right to contract.</p>