Wilson v. Wilson

To the bill filed on the 8th of June, 1870, the defendant put in an answer on the 15th of June, 1871, after a pro covfesso taken. At the April terra, 1874, an application was made for leave to file an amended answer relying upon the statute of limitations as a defense to the complainant’s demand. So far as the *18record shows, the application was unsupported in any way, and was continued “to be taken up on the calling of the cause for trial on the merits. Leave was, however, given to the parties, at the risk of the defendant, to take proof on the matters of the amended answer. At the next term…