Hoofstitler v. Hostetter

Citations

• 172 Pa. 575
• 33 A. 753
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 813

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Equity practice — Amendment of bill — Delay.</p> <p>Plaintiffs in a bill in equity will not be permitted to amend their bill after a delay of several years and after the testimony of both sides has •been taken.</p> <p>Equity — Equity practice — Delay in taking testimony — Buies of court.</p> <p>Where a rule of court provides that if the parties shall fail to present to a master for hearing the matter referred for twenty days after such reference, the order appointing the master shall become void, and the plaintiffs in a bill in equity delay to offer testimony for more than twenty days, and the testimony is taken “ pursuant to agreement,” the court will not, after three years and after the testimony has all been taken and the master’s report filed, grant plaintiffs’ motion to strike from the record the master’s report and the testimony.</p>