Gropp v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

In the case of Foster v. Central National Bank, 183 N. Y. 379, the Court of Appeals reiterated the doctrine that: ‘‘ The power of the Supreme Court to grant an amendment is most plenary. It may "permit a plaintiff by an amendment of a pleading to bring in additional claims which at the time would be barred by the Statute of Limitations if a new action were then brought upon them. ’’ In Brown v. Leigh, 49 N. Y. 78, *375cited by the court in the Foster case, supra, the court says: ‘‘ The complaint is the statement of the plaintiff’s cause or causes of action. It is this statement or complaint that…