Case Name: Wiley vs. Moore
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1829-02
Citations: 2 Wend. 259
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wiley vs. Moore.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 259–259

Head Matter:
Wiley vs. Moore.
Under the rule amendment ra ”( P0?.™’- the plaintiff cannot add words, fn™8 distinct cause of action from that, originally set forth-
Motion to strike out words in an amended count of a declaration. After receiving a plea, and -within 20 days, the plaintiff" amended his declaration in slander, by adding other A o J , a ana additional slanderous words, which he claimed to have a right to do, under the 8th rule of April term, Í796, permitting an amendment as of course.

Opinion:
By the Court, Sutherland, J.
The court have said that the plaintiff" cannot amend his declaration, nor the defendant his plea as of course, within the 20 days, by adding a new count or a new plea. (18 Johns. R 310.) This case falls within the spirit of those decisions. Adding the speaking of words giving a cause of action, new and distinct from that originally set forth, is equivalent to adding a new count,
Motion granted,