The following excerpt is from Ah Moo v. A.G. Becker Paribas, Inc., 857 F.2d 615 (9th Cir. 1988):
4 At common law, if a timely and properly-framed complaint would have permitted relief and no prejudice resulted from an amendment at the chancellor's discretion, relief on the original complaint could be granted. See, e.g., Friederichsen v. Renard, 247 U.S. 207, 212-13, 38 S.Ct. 450, 452, 62 L.Ed. 1075 (1918); Hardin v. Boyd, 113 U.S. 756, 761-63, 5 S.Ct. 771, 773-74, 28 L.Ed. 1141 (1885).
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