Plaintiff was employed by defendant to advertise property for sale at auction, and secured an auctioneer and took charge of the sale; after plaintiff had advertised the property and secured an auctioneer, but before the day of sale, defendant sold the property privately, and thereupon agreed with plaintiff to pay him two per cent. of the price for what he had done. Held, that the agreement was not within the statute which requires a writing to entitle brokers to commissions for selling real estate, and is valid. Griffith v. Daly, 56 N. J. Law, 466, 29 A. 169.