Case ID: tenn_1/html/0105-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

LUCAS vs. SEVIER.
    An affidavit for a continuance may be amended so as to explain,but no new fact can be inserted.
    The defendant upon affidavit moved for the continuance of this cause. Upon argument the affidavit appeared to be equivocal in one part.
    Whiteside, of counsel for the defendant,
    asked for leave to amend, so as to explain.
    Kennedy, for the plaintiff
    opposed this motion.
   Per Curiam.

It is discretionary with the court, whether to permit this amendment or not. It is certainly a discretion which should be exercised with great caution; the meaning seems doubtful; it appears proper that it should be explained, but we cannot admit the insertion of any new fact as an amendment. 
      
      See 3 John 245. 1 John 61.