Patxot v. Nadal

Mu. Justice Wolf

delivered the opinion of the court.

The District Court of Mayagiiez, on October 30, 1912, after sustaining a demurrer on the ground that the complaint was ambiguous, granted the complainant and appellant twenty days to amend his complaint. On November 21, 1912, the secretary of the. district court received by mail an amended complaint, so that such amended complaint was received by the secretary twenty-two instead of twenty days after the *351granting of leave to amend. The defendants moved to dismiss the action on the ground that the amended complaint was filed after the time…