Case Name: BERTUS vs. HARBOUR
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1812
Citations: 2 Mart. (o.s.) 153
Docket Number: 
Parties: BERTUS vs. HARBOUR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Martin (Louisiana Term Reports)
Volume: 2
Pages: 153–154

Head Matter:
BERTUS vs. HARBOUR.
Petition amended, by prating for a jury.
1. Baldwin,
shortly after filing his answer, mov~iot leave to amend it, by adding a prayer for a jury.
Hopkins, contra.
The Court will not grant it, unless they be convinced of the necessity of the amendment, and that the only object of it, is not to delay the trial.

Opinion:
fly the Court.
We ~vi11 always be induced tc gratify a party, who wishes to draw the trial of a matter of fact, from the Court, to its constitutional triers: provided the party applying does not come too late. The present defendant had the whole of this day to file his answer.
Leave granted.