Legal Question in Business Law in Wisconsin
Will a verbal agreement with a Witness hold up under Wisconsin contract law for goods and services under $10,000, so that a licensed small business can file a lien without fear of slander of title damages after they have presented the bill and the owner wishes to pay much less?
1 Answer from Attorneys
No. Verbal agreements are "worth the paper that they are written on" and will rarely suffice for any purpose if challenged, including assertion of any legal rights. Even if enforceable due to smaller amounts being at stake, they can often prove impossible to prove up, if the other party denies what was supposedly said, resulting in a "he said, she said . . . " scenario.
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