Etscheid v. Tiefenthaler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
■ Appeal from a-judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county. John J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. . Action between real-estate dealers for a division of com-: • missions. In July, 1916, Warren G: Geib was the owner of a'farm in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, subject to mortgages aggregating in the neighborhood of $14,000. He listed it with one Floyd Fisher, a real-estate agent in the city of Milwaukee, with whom was 'associated G. F. Etscheid, for sale.
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■ Appeal from a-judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county. John J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. . Action between real-estate dealers for a division of com-: • missions. In July, 1916, Warren G: Geib was the owner of a'farm in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, subject to mortgages aggregating in the neighborhood of $14,000. He listed it with one Floyd Fisher, a real-estate agent in the city of Milwaukee, with whom was 'associated G. F. Etscheid, for sale. The Atlas Investment Company owned a flat building at 822 Fond du Lac avenue in the city of Milwaukee subject to a mortgage of $10,000. It…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 1, 1920:
Owen, J.
Aside from challenging certain findings of fact, which we have considered and find sufficiently supported by the evidence, appellants’ principal contention is that the contract between the parties constituting the basis of recovery is void because within the statute of frauds. Their argument on this proposition is grouped under the following heads: (a) the oral agreement between the parties was a partnership' agreement; (b) the partnership agreement being oral and involving an interest in land is void under the statute of frauds; (c) the…
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