Opinion.

The answer of appellants was filed out of time, and it was subject on that account to be stricken from the file on motion.

If it had been so stricken out, leave should have been granted, on proper showing, to have refiled the answer upon reasonable terms.

In effect this is what was done, and as it does not appear that any injustice was occasioned by the action of the court, the decree of the chancellor is

Affirmed.