New York Supreme Court May 15, 1876 (Leonard v. Foster)

Per Curiam :

Without deciding whether or not the right to amend an answer in a Justice’s Court during the trial is absolute, or is discretionary with the justice, we think that, under the loose modes of pleading allowed in such courts, the answer sufficiently set up the statute of limitations to justify and require the amendment if necessary.

It is true that the language is not that of a lawyer.