Case Name: ELIZA M. BAILEY, Respondent, v. LILIAN A. LEE, Impleaded with others, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1878-07
Citations: 21 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 524
Docket Number: 
Parties: ELIZA M. BAILEY, Respondent, v. LILIAN A. LEE, Impleaded with others, Appellant.
Judges: Potter, J., concurred.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 21
Pages: 524–524

Head Matter:
ELIZA M. BAILEY, Respondent, v. LILIAN A. LEE, Impleaded with others, Appellant.
Amendments to co-mplaint — power of court to allow — Code of Civil Procedure, section 723.
Appeal from an order of Special Term, allowing an amendment to the complaint and Us pendens in this action.
The action was brought to foreclose a mortgage given by the defendant Lee. The complaint was served upon Lee June 19, 1877. On the 21st of June an order was made allowing the plaintiff to amend the summons, complaint and Us pendens, by adding the name of Somers S. Parsons as a defendant. On November 27, 1877, a further order was made allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint by inserting therein appropriate allegations to charge Pai’sons- with the payment of a deficiency, he having purchased the land from Lee and assumed, in the deed, the payment of the mortgage. ' Upon appeal from this order, the appellant claimed that the court had no power to amend the •complaint by inserting an entirely new cause of action, citing Van Syckels v. Perry (3 Robt., 621); Wcodruff v. Dickie (5 id., 619); and Gowdy v. Poullain (2 Hun, 218).
The court, at General Term, said:
“The order was fully authorized by section 723 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The allowance of such an amendment involved the exercise of discretion, and we fail to discover wherein it was not justly and judiciously exercised in this case.”
William A. Beach, for the appellant. Mann & Parsons, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Ingalls, P. J.;
Potter, J., concurred.
Order affirmed, with costs.