Parke v. Heath & M'Cotter
New York Supreme Court
Demurrer to plea. This was an action on a bail-bond. The defendant pleaded that the capias, by virtue of which the defendant in the original action was arrested, and under which arrest the bail-bond was given, was tested out of term, to wit, on the 10th June. The plaintiff demurred.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bronson, J.
If the capias had been returnable out of term, it would have been void, and could not be amended. Miller v. Gregory, 4 Cowen, 504. 2 R. S. 424, § 3. The same rule was laid down in relation to process tested out of term, in Chandler v. Bicknell, 4 Cowen, 49. But the statute already referred to has provided for this case, and mesne process tested out of term may now be amended. “ The court in which any action shall be pending, shall have power to amend any process, pleading or proceeding in such action, either in form or substance, for the furtherance of justice, on such…
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