In Pope v. MacDonald, 98 Or. 373, 193 P. 831, we approved the action of the trial court in permitting the filing of a reply after the jury had been drawn. In Hopwood v. Hopwood, 141 Or. 135, 16 P.2d 638, we confirmed the court's action in allowing the filing of plaintiff's reply after all the evidence had been submitted. Although we do not condone untimely delays in the filing of pleadings, we do not think the court abused its discretion in this matter by suffering the late filing of which the appellant complains.