Broker employed to procure another to undertake the sale of a tract of land; held, not entitled to commissions, because the negotiations between the principal and said other party did not constitute a contract. Jameson v. U. S. Farm Land Co., 206 F. 889, 124 C. C. A. 549, re. den., 210 F. 885, 127 C. C. A. 495.

Brokers authorized to sell at a certain price and promised a certain amount as compensation if they procured a purchaser, are not entitled to a commission, though one with whom they had negotiations ending in failure, after abandoning the idea of buying on any proposition made through them, was, by a friend and the owner, persuaded to enter into negotiations with the owner, which resulted in his buying at a reduced price agreed on by them. Swain v. Pitts, 82 S. 305, - Miss. Sup. - .