One who is given power to examine property and determine whether a trade for other property should be made, and who is not employed simply to bring the parties together, is an agent and not a broker. Huss v. Ford, 197 I11. App. 199.

In practice, the distinction drawn has disappeared. When employed strictly to find a purchaser, to bring the parties together, and to have nothing to do with the negotiations, the agent or broker is, while so employed, a mere middleman.