What is the test for an amend ment?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Metcalfe and Metcalfe v. Metcalfe Farms Ltd., Metcalfe, Metcalfe and Metcalfe, 1981 CanLII 3530 (MB QB):
6 In McLellan v. Milne et al., [1937] O.R. 742 McTague, J., in course of his review of the authorities, observed at p. 751 that "As a general principle, the allowing of an amend ment is purely a matter of discretion. It is a question upon what principle the discretion should be exercised".
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