The owner of land authorized a broker to make a sale thereof, "commissions to be paid out of the payments as made," and a letter in setting forth the terms of sale provided that on default by the purchaser all prior payments should be forfeited, and neither party have any claim on the other; the broker found a purchaser who gave a deed of trust to secure the payments, and subsequently defaulted; thereafter, the vendor released the vendee from his obligations and conveyed to another, and the broker sued for commissions on the entire price. Held, that the contract between the parties did not entitle the broker to commissions except on those payments actually made by the vendee. Murray v. Richard, 103 Va. 132, 48 S. E. 871; Peters v. Anderson, 88 Va. 1051, 14 S. E. 974. See also Secs. 297, 506.