2 Cow. 515
Decided February 15, 1824
New York Supreme Court · decided 1824-02-15
The declaration was entitled in May term, 1822. It was in case, for debauching the plaintiff’s daughter, per quod servitium amisit, from the 18th day of August, 1822, being after the action commenced ; which was so laid through a clerical mistake of the plaintiff’s attorney. And the cause was carried-down for trial, tried, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, before the mistake was discovered by the plaintiff’s attorney.
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Decided 1824-02-15
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¶1This mistake is, clearly, thé subject of amendment. The defendant shows no prejudice from it; nor db we see how he could have been prejudiced by it. Though the exception was taken at the Circuit, the Judge was right in not allowing it. We order amendments in case's like this at any stage of the cause.
¶2Motion granted.