12 Tex. 413 | Tex. | 1854
We are of opinion that the Court did not err in treating the plea, denying that the plaintiffs were partners as a nullity; because not sworn to when filed, and because the affidavit was appended without leave having been taken to amend. The object of requiring parties to obtain leave to amend is to give notice of the amendment to the adverse party. But it does not appear that the plaintiffs had notice of the amendment in this case until after the trial had commenced. They cannot therefore be held to have waived any right by going to trial without objecting to the amended plea. Nor could they be expected or required to come prepared with evidence to prove their partnership, when the fact was not put in issue by the plea as filed, in the manner required by the statute. (Hart. Dig. Art. 743.) To have held the plaintiffs affected by an amendment to the plea, made without leave of the Court, or notice of the amendment, would have operated a surprise and manifest injustice to the plaintiffs.
Reversed and remanded.