In an action against a real estate agent to compel him to convey property which it was alleged he had been employed to purchase for his principal, and the title to which was taken in the agent's name and for damages, the advance which, in the meantime, had taken place in the price of building material, was held too remote to constitute an element of damages. Harrison v. Craven, 188 Mo. 590, 87 S. W. 962.

A broker was held entitled to recover compensation for furnishing information in consequence of which a builder entered into a contract for the erection of a building. Kaestner v. Oldham, 102 I11. App. 372.

Where there is a special agreement to that effect, a broker who secures a responsible purchaser, who buys subject to a builder's loan, is not entitled to his commissions till the purchaser has earned his first payment; i. e., when the second tier of beams is laid. Leitner v. Boehm, 56 N. Y. S. 227.