#### A. Emma Smith, appellee, v. Consumers Oil & Shale Company, appellant.

Gen. No. 26,607.

Action on contract to' repurchase corporate stock. Defendant’s affidavit of merits stricken and judgment rendered for plaintiff in default. Appeal from Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles A. Williams, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1920.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed November 29, 1921.

Wilkerson, Cassels, Potter & Gilbert, for appellant; Ralph F. Potter and Kenneth B. Hawkins, of counsel. Lewis, Sheriff, Folsom & Streeter, for appellee; Wallace Streeter, of counsel.

Mr. Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.