10. That the value of said property has been and is now rapidly increasing and promises to continue to do so and there is no other property similarly situated that can be secured by said intervenors.

11. That said intervenors have contracted in good faith under and relying upon the said contract of April 7th, A. D. 1919, by and between the said William C. Munson and the said William Lyle. with no knowledge or notice whatever of any possible defects therein and also relying upon the undisputed possession of the said William Lyle in conformance with the said contract dated April 7th, A. D. 1919.

12. That on, to-wit, the 20th day of June, A. D. 1919, at the time the written contract, copy of which is hereto annexed and which is herewith incorporated as a part of the bill of complaint, was executed by and between the said William Lyle and the said James C. Harris, said intervener James C. Harris did inform him that he was prepared and ready and anxious to pay over the money and take a deed to the property immediately and at any time said William Lyle was able to convey the said property.

13. That repeatedly and at sundry times since then the said intervenor, James C. Harris, has informed the said William Lyle that he was ready at all times to pay over the purchase price of the property described in said contract dated the 20th day of June, 1919, by and between the said William Lyle and the said James C. Harris, and has made offer so to pay upon delivery to him of a sufficient deed conveying the title to the said property to said James C. Harris or to all of said intervenors

14. That on, to-wit, the 16th day of August, A. D. 1919, the said James C. Harris by Louis Smith, his agent, did notify said William Lyle in writing that he was prepared to purchase the property, that the money would be paid over immediately upon the execution to him of a sufficient deed conveying the title and that he called upon said William Lyle to perform according to the terms of said contract of June 20, A. D. 1919.

15. That said James C. Harris, John Y. Wickes and William J. Wickes, Jr., have at all times held themselves in readiness to pay over the purchase price immediately upon delivery to them or to any of them of a sufficient deed conveying the title to said property and that they still hold themselves so in readiness and herewith make formal offer of payment, but the said William Lyle has been prevented from performing his part of said contract of June 20th, A. D. 1919, by the failure and refusal of said defendant, William C. Munson, to convey the property to him in conformance with the contract dated April 7th, A. D. 1919, by and between the said William C. Munson and the said William Lyle.

16. That said intervenors therefore have such an interest in the above entitled cause that the failure to enforce the above mentioned contract of April 7th, A. D. 1919, between the said William C. Munson and the said William Lyle, would result in great wrong and in grievous and irreparable injury to them.

Wherefore your intervenors pray:

1. That the said William C. Munson and the said William Lyle, defendants hereto, may without oath, answer upon oath being hereby waived, full, true and perfect answer make, to the matters made and stated in this bill of complaint.

2. That the said contract dated April 7th, A. D. 1919, between the said William Lyle and the said William C. Munson may be decreed to be a valid and binding obligation upon said William C. Munson by this court and that the said William C. Munson may be decreed specifically to perform the said contract, and make a good and sufficient conveyance of the title of said lands to the said William Lyle.

3. That the said William Lyle be decreed specifically to perform the said contract with the said James C. Harris of June 20, A. D. 1919, and

4. That said intervenors may have such other or further relief in the premises as shall be agreeable to equity and good conscience and your intervenors will ever pray.

JAMES C. HARRIS,

JOHN Y. WICKES,

WILLIAM J. WICKES, JR. (Verification.)

(f) Answer to Intervenors' Bill of Complaint.-(Caption.) This defendant reserving to himself all right of exceptions to the said intervenors bill of complaint for answer thereto, says:

1. In answer to paragraphs one and two, he denied the allegations therein contained, except in this, that he admits that he had rented to said plaintiff the premises mentioned in said bill in January, 1919.

2. As to the allegatons contained in paragraphs three, four and five of said bill, this defendant avers that he is a stranger, and can neither admit nor deny the same; that it is immaterial to said action, and therefore neither admits nor denies the same.

'3. In answer to paragraph six, said defendant admits that said William Lyle informed him some time prior to the commencement of said action that he desired to purchase said property, the exact date he is unable to give.

4. In answer to paragraphs seven and eight, defendant admits that said plaintiff tendered to him certain money, the amount of which he does not know, and that he requested deed of the property mentioned in said bill; that he refused to accept said money or to execute said deed.

5. Defendant admits the statements in paragraphs nine and ten. In answer to paragraph eleven of said bill, defendant denies that said intervenors arranged to purchase said property from said Lyle in good faith, or that they took the required or proper precaution to inform themselves of the contract relation existing between this defendant and said plaintiff. In answer to paragraphs twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, this defendant says he has no knowledge sufficient to form a belief, and therefore neither admits nor denies the same.

6. This defendant further answering said bill says, that he has never had any contract relation whatever with said intervenors or either of them; that as to any deal that they may have had with said William Lyle, he is a stranger and in no manner or form liable or responsible for; that while he believed that some persons, to this defendant unknown, were attempting to purchase said real estate of him through said Lyle, he did not know who they were until he received said bill of complaint.