In an action for commissions for effecting the sale of a house, it appeared that defendant agreed to give plaintiff $75 if he should sell the house for $500 by a certain day, $50 if he sold it for $400 after that day; plaintiff introduced to defendant a purchaser who, after the day specified, purchased the house for $350. Held, that a judgment for plaintiff for $35 was not sustained by the evidence. Blackwell v. Adams, 28 Mo. App. 61; Jones v. Pendleton, 134 Mich. 460; 96 N. V?. 574.

In an action brought to recover commissions alleged to have been earned by the plaintiff on a sale of real estate of defendant for military purposes to the government, 'through his agency, the only evidence of his assistance in the sale was that he, to some extent, helped to intensify public opinion as to the expediency of having a military force in the neighborhood. Held, that a verdict for him should be set aside. Com'l. Nat. Bk. v. Hawkins, 35 I11. App. 463; Haile v. Keller, 163 S. W. 393, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Klein v. Deutsch, 168 N. T. Sup. 624; McCrelass v. Howell, 210 S. W. 972, - Tex. Civ. App. -; Werner v. Silverman, 174 N. Y. Sup. 185.