Court Opinion

ID: 3891313
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 09:21:18.425079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:49:17.450696
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[S. C., ante, 19.]
The defendant, upon affidavit, moved for the continuance of this cause. Upon argument, the affidavit appeared to be equivocal in one part.
It is discretionary with the Court whether to permit this amendment or not. It is *Page 106 
certainly a discretion which should be exercised with great caution; the meaning seems doubtful; it appears proper that it should be explained, but we cannot admit the insertion of any new fact as an amendment.1
1 See 3 Johns. 245; 1 Johns. 61.