Opinion ID: 2607359
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Heading: Motion to Amend Pleadings

Text: Appellants contend that the trial court erred by not allowing them to amend their pleading to assert causes of action for declaratory judgment, interpleader, accounting of rents and for damages. The decision to permit amendment to the pleadings is committed to the sound discretion of the district court. Herrig v. Herrig, 844 P.2d 487, 490 (Wyo.1992); W.R.C.P. 15. In Slavens v. Board of County Comm'rs, 854 P.2d 683, 687 (Wyo.1993), we held that it was not an abuse of discretion for the district court to deny an amendment to the pleadings when the motion was filed four days after the court's decision letter had issued. In this case, appellants did not file their motion to amend until seventeen days after the court had issued its order. Therefore, there was no abuse of discretion when the district court denied the motion to amend. Id. See also Herbel v. S.K. Wood Co., 897 P.2d 478, 480 (Wyo.1995).