#### John S. Garrity, appellee, v. John W. Ford, Jr., and C. P. Bellock, trading as Ford, Bellock & Company, and Bernard G. Blanchard, appellants.

Gen. No. 29,217.

Action to recover money paid on contract for purchase of real estate. Judgment for plaintiff. Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. John D. Biggs, Judge, presiding. Heard in the third division of this court for the first district at the March term, 1624.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed April 29, 1925.

James B. MeKeon, for appellants Ford, Bellock & Co. Delbert A. Clithero, for appellant Bernard G. Blanchard.

O’Brien, Rutledge & Hayes, for appellee.

Mr. Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.