Hardin v. Boyd
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FEOM THE CIEOUIT COUET OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTEEN DISTEIOT OF AEJCANSAS. This was a bill in equity to set aside a conveyance of lands, or (as amended below) in the alternative for payment of the purchase money and to make it a lien on the lands.
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APPEAL FEOM THE CIEOUIT COUET OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTEEN DISTEIOT OF AEJCANSAS. This was a bill in equity to set aside a conveyance of lands, or (as amended below) in the alternative for payment of the purchase money and to make it a lien on the lands. The main question on this appeal relates to the alleged error of the Circuit Court in permitting the complainants, at the hearing, to amend the prayer of their bill, so as to obtain relief not before specifically asked, and, which- appellants contend, is inconsistent with the case made by the bill. To make intelligible this and other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
In reference to amendments of equity pleadings the courts have found it impracticable to lay down a rule that would govern all cases. Their allowance must, at every stage of the cause, rest in the discretion of the court; and that discretion must depend largely on the special circumstances of each case. It may be said, generally, that in passing upon applications to amend, the ends of justice should never be sacrificed to mere form, or by too rigid an adherence to technical rules of practice. Undoubtedly, great caution should be exercised where the application comes after the litigation has…
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