Apple v. Solomon

This appeal arises from an order

of the trial court denying plaintiff’s motion, which was filed October 19, 1966, to amend her complaint by changing the nomenclature of defendant, Straith Clinic, Inc. to Straith Memorial Hospital, Inc. So far as the record reveals, there is no such entity as “Straith Clinic, Inc.” There does exist, however, a “Straith Clinic,” a sole proprietorship of Dr. Richard Straith, and a “Straith Memorial Hospital, Inc.,” a nonprofit Michigan corporation of which Dr. Richard Straith is a trustee and vice president. The return of service on “Straith Clinic, Inc.”…