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2 Mart. 101

St. Mark v. Delarue

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 1, 1811

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1811-07-01

defendant below, moved for leave to amend his answer, by stating that the note on which the suit was brought, was obtained by fraud. The defendant has answered that he has paid the note; an amendment denying the fact advanced, cannot be received.

Decided 1811-07-01

By the Court.

¶1Amendments will ever be at-lowed, when justice appears to require it. There cannot be a better ground of deduce, than the one proposed; the appellant may have refrained from resorting to it sooner, from his inabilitv to estabIish it. If, since the trial below, he has discovered evidence that enables him to support this plea, he ought not to be precluded from avaiIing himself of it.

¶2Amendment allowed.

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