Court Opinion

ID: 8758300
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-26 11:55:28.225867+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:01:23.808299
License: Public Domain

TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge.
Defendant’s motion is predicated chiefly on the ground that the evidence on which the jury rendered its verdict in favor of plaintiff was inadmissible under the pleadings, except to the extent of proving a claim of $400. The complaint claimed damages of $50,000 for breach of contract, and alleged, inter alia, an indebtedness to plaintiff of $10,800 for commissions due for work received from him by defendant. No objection was made at the trial to the reception of this evidence on the ground that it was not supported by the pleadings, no motion was made to strike it out by reason of insufficient pleading, no request was made to the court to charge the jury that it should be disregarded because of variance or departure, and no exception was made to the charge on any such ground. If the claim now made had been brought to the attention of the court in any way, it might have been corrected on the trial. In these circumstances, it is thought that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, and that an amendment should be allowed conforming the pleadings to the facts proved, in accordance with the rules established in the federal courts and in the courts of the state of New York.
An order may be entered for such amendment.