1 Paige Ch. 124 | New York Court of Chancery | 1828
The Chancellor :—The amendments to a bill, when allowed, are always considered as incorporated in, and as forming part of the original bill. They have reference to the time of filing the bill, and the defendant cannot, by any amendment, be called upon to answer any thing which has occurred since that time. Considering the amended bill in this cause as an entirety, and as if the defendant was now for the first time called upon to answer it, the prayer introduced by the last amendment is perfectly senseless, and is
Independent of this informal and impertinent prayer, the subject matter of the bill, as amended, is fully answered.
The petition for a rehearing is dismissed, with costs to be paid by the complainants.