Gilmour v. Longmire

Plaintiff filed his complaint, on November 16, 1939. The defendant was erroneously designated therein as “L. L. Longmire,” instead of “E. E. Long-mire,” and, in order to correct the mistake, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint on the following day. With the exception of the defendant’s initials and the date of verification, the two pleadings were identical.

In his amended complaint, the plaintiff alleged: That he had been doing business under a trade name and had filed a certificate thereof, as required by law;

“That on or about the 3rd day of January, 1935, at Ellensburg in the said…