#### Carl Beckman, appellee, v. William Goetzinger, appellant.

Gen. No. 24,187.

Assumpsit tó recover under contract, based on theory of a novation. Judgment for plaintiff. Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. J. Cooke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1918.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed March 12, 1919.

Mather & Hutson and Litsinger, Healy & Reid, for appellant; James J. Finn, of counsel. Rathje, Wesemann & Van Sehaiek, for appellee.

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.