Title: FIRST NAT'L BANK IN PAWHUSKA v. LEWIS
Citation: 146 P.2d 840, 193 Okla. 678, 1944 OK 120
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: March 7, 1944

FIRST NAT'L BANK IN PAWHUSKA v. LEWIS Annotate this Case FIRST NAT'L BANK IN PAWHUSKA v. LEWIS 1944 OK 120 146 P.2d 840 193 Okla. 678 Case Number: 31250 Decided: 03/07/1944 Supreme Court of Oklahoma FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN PAWHUSKA v. LEWIS Syllabus ¶0 1. PLEADING--Discretion of courts as to allowing amendments. Trial courts are vested with wide discretion in permitting amendment to pleadings where the amendment does not change substantially the claim or defense. 2. SAME--Amendment which withdraws prior admission and puts plaintiff upon proof does not change claim or defense. An amendment which has the effect of withdrawing a prior admission and putting plaintiff upon proof of the material allegations of his petition does not change the claim or defense. 3. TRIAL--Court not required to instruct on theory or defense unsupported by evidence. Failure of the court to instruct upon a theory or defense which is unsupported by evidence cannot be made a ground of complaint by the plaintiff. 4. BILLS AND