Brainard v. Buck
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FKOM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The appellants seek a review in this court of the judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, in this case, affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District enjoining the appellants from thé further prosecution of an action of ejectment brought by them against appellee Coleman in the Supreme Court of the District, to recover a one fifth interest in a house and lot in the city of…
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APPEAL FKOM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The appellants seek a review in this court of the judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, in this case, affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District enjoining the appellants from thé further prosecution of an action of ejectment brought by them against appellee Coleman in the Supreme Court of the District, to recover a one fifth interest in a house and lot in the city of Washington, in the possession of -Coleman as tenant of appellee, Leffert L. Buck, who claims to be the owner thereof. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The appellants insist that the Supreme Court of the District had no power to authorize the amendment which was made by the appellees to their original bill in this suit, because, as they assert, the cause of action set forth in the amendment is new, different and distinct from that set forth in the original bill, and that therefore the demurrer to the amended bill should have been sustained.
¥e fully agree with the courts below in holding that the allowance of the amendment was within the discretion of the court, and that the demurrer on the ground stated was properly overruled. The case comes…
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