DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO AMEND ANSWER
TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is GRANTED. Defendants are directed to file
Defendants' Amended Answer to Partition Complaint, in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Underwood Declaration.
Plaintiff brought this action for partition of a parcel of real property which Plaintiff alleges that it owns as tenants-in-common with Defendants. Defendants' original Answer states, in part, "Defendants admit that the Plaintiff and Defendants are tenants-in-common." (Answer at 1:26.) Defendants now move for an order permitting them to file an amended answer. The proposed amended answer omits the foregoing statement. Other changes in the proposed amended answer are a request for jury trial, the assertion of eight new affirmative defenses, and a prayer that the Court declare that Plaintiff lacks title in and to the property, among other actions. "Any judge, at any time before or after commencement of trial, in the furtherance of justice, and upon such terms as may be
Hearing Date
December 10, 2019
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DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO AMEND ANSWER
TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is GRANTED. Defendants are directed to file
Defendants' Amended Answer to Partition Complaint, in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Underwood Declaration.
Plaintiff brought this action for partition of a parcel of real property which Plaintiff alleges that it owns as tenants-in-common with Defendants. Defendants' original Answer states, in part, "Defendants admit that the Plaintiff and Defendants are tenants-in-common." (Answer at 1:26.) Defendants now move for an order permitting them to file an amended answer. The proposed amended answer omits the foregoing statement. Other changes in the proposed amended answer are a request for jury trial, the assertion of eight new affirmative defenses, and a prayer that the Court declare that Plaintiff lacks title in and to the property, among other actions. "Any judge, at any time before or after commencement of trial, in the furtherance of justice, and upon such terms as may be