MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the above facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellants insist that the Supreme Court of the District had no power to authorize the amendment which was made by the appellees to their original bill in this suit, because, as they assert, the cause of action set forth in the amendment is new, different and distinct from that set forth in the original bill, and that therefore the demurrer to the amended bill should have been...
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