Bedolla v. Logan & Frazer

In Bedolla v. Logan & Frazer (1975) 52 Cal.App.3d 118, the cross-complainant moved to amend his cross-complaint to conform to proof following trial. Said the court: "the cross-complaint was filed on August 12, 1969, appellant did not move to amend it until February 6, 1973, the fourth day of the trial, and even then it failed to offer any excuse for the tardiness of its application. The law is well settled that a long deferred presentation of the proposed amendment without a showing of excuse for the delay is itself a significant factor to uphold the trial court's denial of the amendment." (Id. at p. 136.)