Jefferson v. Hotel Cape May

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

This is a motion to amend a summons and declaration by substituting Cape May Hotel Company for Hotel Cape May as the name of the corporation defendant. The ease differs from Maitland v. Worthington, 30 Vroom 114, in the fact that here there was an actual service of summons and the only error was in naming the corporation. The proper officer must have been served, since the Cape May Hotel, Company appears and files a plea in abatement of misnomer. . At common law, even in the absence of a statute like ours, an amendment was permitted after a…