In re Glass
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
In Bankruptcy. On demurrer to specifications opposing bankrupt’s discharge.
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
It is admitted by counsel that the specifications are not in proper form, and leave is asked to amend them'. Objection is made that there is nothing by which to amend, the specifications being so entirely defective. There was an old doctrine that amendments could be made only where a good cause of action was defectively stated; but in modern practice, and especially under our liberal federal statutes of amendment, an entirely new cause of. action may be stated in a pleading by way of amendment; and there are some very radical and startling rulings to that effect. Some decisions are against…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Richmond v. IronsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Graffam v. BurgessSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Bank v. ShermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- In re AbramovitzDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1918
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