RUSSELL, Judge.
1. No new party or new cause of action may be added by amendment in actions at law. Code § 81-1303. In actions where the procedure is permissible, such as certain cases in equity, the rule is that although a defendant has been served and made a party in one capacity, an amendment seeking to enforce liability against him in another capacity is a new cause of action, with the result that if, between the time of filing the action and the time...
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