OTTO v. BLACK EAGLE OIL CO.


266 Wis. 215 (1954)

OTTO, Appellant, vs. BLACK EAGLE OIL COMPANY and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Orth, Riedl & Orth, attorneys, and Charles A. Orth, Jr., of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Charles A. Orth, Jr.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Herbert L. Mount of Milwaukee.


MARTIN, J.

Sec. 240.10, Stats., provides:

"Every contract to pay a commission to a real-estate agent or broker or to any other person for selling or buying real estate or negotiating lease therefor for a term or terms exceeding a period of three years shall be void unless such contract or note or memorandum thereof describing such real estate, expressing the price for which the same may be sold or purchased, or terms of rental, the commission to be paid and...

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