An agent in charge of real estate can not acquire a tax-title adverse to his principal, who has failed to furnish him with means to pay the taxes, and the burden is on the agent to show that his agency had terminated when he acquired the title. Bowman v. Officer, 53 Iowa, 640. See also Sec. 345.

A broker employed to negotiate a sale may acquire an interest in the property after a sale has been made, if his former agency in no way entered into or influenced the subsequent transaction. Chester v. Campbell, 109 A. 901, - N. J. Ct. of Err. and App. - .