The fact that defendant sold to a person who he thought was purchasing for himself and not for the church, does not affect plaintiff's right to his commissions, where, after learning that the purchase was for the church, defendant conveyed it, when he might have avoided the contract. McKnight v. Thayer, 21 N. Y. S. 440; Bach v. Emerich, 35 N. Y. Super. Ct. 548. See also Sec. 24.