Jones v. . Vanstory

If certain individuals are sued as trustees, and thereafter, upon motion, a corporation in which- said individuals are directors, is duly made a party to the suit, does the making of such corporation a party, constitute an amendment or a new action?

The Revised Code of 1854 provided for amendments to process or pleadings “for the furtherance of justice, on such terms as shall be just, at any time before judgment rendered thereon.” This original provision has gradually been broadened into C. S., 547. This Court considered the nature of an amendment in Camlin v. Barnes, 50 N. C., 296. The Court…