W. employed C. & R. to purchase a lot for him upon certain terms, stipulating that the compensation of the latter was to be deducted from the purchase money going to the vendor, and was in no event to be paid by W. Held, that W. would be liable to C. & R. for their proper fees in case of a violation of the contract by W. in refusing to take the property. Cavender v. Waddingham, 2 Mo. App. 551; Bird v. Blackwell, (Mo. App. '09), 115 S. W. 487. See also Secs. 197, 454.