Wisconsin Supreme Court February 4, 1958 (Karl M. Elbinger Co. v. George J. Meyer Manufacturing Co.)

Brown, J.

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,

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the commission to be paid, and the period during which the broker shall procure a tenant.