Karl M. Elbinger Co. v. George J. Meyer Manufacturing Co.

Sec. 240.10, Stats., declares void any contract to pay a commission for negotiating a lease for a term longer than three years unless there is a written contract, note, or memorandum signed by the person agreeing to pay, which describes the real estate, expresses the terms of rental, the commission to be paid, and the period during which the broker shall procure a tenant.

There is no such single contract, note, or memorandum here. Elbinger Company submits that several documents in evidence may be taken together and together they contain all the elements demanded by the statute. For the moment…