A real estate broker is not entitled to commissions, where a sale to his customer is not consummated, and the executory contract of sale is not binding under the statute of frauds. Wilson v. Mason, 158 I11. 304, 42 N. E. 134. See also Sec. 602.

A real estate agent is not entitled to commissions on an invalid sale. Volker v. Fish (N. J. Eq. '09), 72 A. 1011); Voker v. Fish, 72 A. 1011, 75 N. J. Eq. 497; Pugh v. Solein, 180 P. 930, - Or. Sup. -; Kuh v. Lemeke, 180 P. 889, - Wash. Sup. -; Holland v. Johnson, 174 N. W. 874, - N. D. Sup. -; Bryan v. Mayo, 124 N. E. 873, - Ind. Sup. -; Purdy v. Law, 180 X. W. 251, - Mich. Sup. - . Compare Sec. 454.