Case ID: root_1/html/0425-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "By the Court.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Mott v. Downer.
    A party will not be allowed to alter bis plea, where it is not relevant to bis case.
    AotioN of account. Plea —-Not bailiff and receiver. Issue to tbe jury.
    Tbe defendant offered to go into tbe particulars of tbe account, thereby to prove tbat be was nothing in arrear; but not allowed by tbe court; be then moved to alter bis plea, and plead that bo bad fully accounted in order tbat be might show tbat be was not in arrear.
   By the Court.

Tbe alteration cannot be permitted for tbe reasons suggested; for it is the proper business of auditors to examine and adjust tbe accounts, which tbe court and jury never undertake to do, in an action of this nature.