Where a power of attorney authorized an agent to sell "certain lands," or any part or parcel thereof, for such sum or price, or on such terms, as to him shall seem meet, and for me and in my name to make," etc., "deeds for the same, either with or without covenants of warranty," it was held that the agent had authority to receive payments, and a payment to him was a good payment to the principal; if circumstances rendered it favorable for the interest of his principal, he might include other valuable considerations besides money in the consideration, and might sell an undivided interest in the property. Carson v. Smith, 5 Minn. 78; Babson v. Cox, 32 App. D. C. 542. Compare Sec. 53.