Butler v. King

California Supreme Court

Butler v. King

10 Cal. 342

DecidedJuly 1, 1858

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Butler v. King, 10 Cal. 342 (Cal. 1858).

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Field, J., delivered the opinion of the Court

—Terry, C. J., and Baldwin, J., concurring.

The County Court erred in refusing to allow the plaintiff to amend his complaint, and in dismissing the suit. Amendments should be readily allowed whenever they will tend to the furtherance of justice, and the greatest liberality in this respect should be extended to pleadings in Justices’ Courts.

Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.

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Field, J., delivered the opinion of the Court

—Terry, C. J., and Baldwin, J., concurring.

The County Court erred in refusing to allow the plaintiff to amend his complaint, and in dismissing the suit. Amendments should be readily allowed whenever they will tend to the furtherance of justice, and the greatest liberality in this respect should be extended to pleadings in Justices’ Courts.

Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.

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10 Cal. 342, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/butler-v-king-cal-1858.