Levy v. Birnschein

Section 136.11, Stats., became effective June 26, 1929. It requires any one acting in the capacity of a real-estate broker or real-estate salesman within this state who brings an action for the collection of commission or compensation for acts mentioned in ch. 136, to allege and prove that such person, firm, or corporation was a duly licensed real-estate broker or salesman at the time the alleged cause of action arose.

This placed upon the appellant the burden of showing that he was a duly licensed real-estate salesman at the time involved in his complaint. The cause of action arose…