Sorenson v. Larue, 43 Idaho 292, 252 P. 494; Durant v. Snyder, 65 Idaho 678, 151 P.2d 776; Brian v. Oregon Short Line R. Co., 40 Mont. 109, 105 P. 489, 25 L.R.A., N.S., 459, 20 Ann.Cas. 311; Collins v. Northwest Casualty Co., 180 Wn. 347, 39 P.2d 986, 97 A.L.R. 1235; Martin v. Camp, 219 N.Y. 170, 114 N.E. 46; 12 Am.Jur. Contracts, Sec. 228, Pages 749 to 751, and cases cited thereunder. No amendment inconsistent with the pleadings should be allowed. Peterson v. Universal Automobile Ins. Co., 53 Idaho 11, 28, 20 P.2d 1016, 1022; Smiley v. Smiley, 46 Idaho 588, 269 P. 589; Wilton v. St. Johns Co., Fla., 123 So. 527; Hunsiker v. Gantenbein, 150 Or. 22, 42 P.2d 766. There can be no delict or breach or cause of action until a party refuses or neglects to perform some duty required of him by the terms of the contract.
Accordingly, if the amended return submits the same matters that are stated in the original return and nothing else, it must be stricken from the files as frivolous."See also: Bliss v. Southern Pacific Co., 212 Or. 634, 321 P.2d 324 (1958); Hunsiker v. Gantenbein, 150 Or. 22, 42 P.2d 766 (1935). In its ruling on the motion of defendants to strike many portions of the original complaint, the circuit judge who heard it advised counsel: