Rosan v. Raudonis

The action is against the owner of a tenement house, and was brought to recover damages caused by falling down a cellarway. The defendant was originally set out as Felix Raudonis. By amendment, Falaska Raudonis was substituted. It was said at the argument that the reason for the change was that the plaintiff discovered that the real estate stood in the name of Falaska. The plaintiff and the court thought Falaska was the name of Felix’s wife, when in fact Falaska was the native rendering of Felix. No disclosure of this fact was made by the defendant, and the trial proceeded upon the basis that…