Green v. Gill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action upon contract, and the declaration contained several counts. After the action had been entered in [ * 380 ] this Court, the plaintiff at the last term, * upon leave obtained, had filed several new counts. To these counts the defendant now moved to file a plea of the statute of limitations, in addition to his former plea. This motion was objected to by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. Whenever the plaintiff amends his declaration, the defendant of course has liberty to replead, if the amendment shall either vary his defence, or render a new defence necessary. But the rule does not extend to pleading double on an amendment; the several pleas proposed must be necessary to his defence, in which case he will have leave to plead double. '
In the present case, the defendant did not plead the statute of limitations to the former counts. The new counts are such as may require a different defence; but double pleading does not appear to be necessary to the justice of…
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