Gilbert v. Ludtke

The applicable statute is sec. 240.10, which provides that every contract to pay a commission to a real-estate broker shall be void unless such contract or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing and be subscribed by the person agreeing to pay such commission, and that it shall include the description, the price for which the same may be sold, and the period during which the broker shall procure a buyer. This statute was originally enacted by the legislature in 1917 and except for amendments not here material it has remained substantially in the same form since that date. This statute…