The application was addressed to the judicial discretion of the trial court, and it was clearly not an abuse of discretion to refuse the amendment under the circumstances disclosed. In re Potts, 166 U.S. 263, 17 S. Ct. 520, 41 L. Ed. 994; Walker v. Brown (C.C.) 86 F. 364; Arkansas Anthracite Coal Land Co. v. Stokes (C.C.A.) 2 F.2d 511; Hickey v. Johnson (C.C.A.) 9 F.2d 498; Reynolds v. West, 32 Ark. 244; Hughes-Speith Pipe Line Co. v. McWilliams Hardware Furniture Co., 172 Ark. 79, 287 S.W. 580; Brown v. Aguilar, 202 Cal. 143, 259 P. 735; McMahon v. Williams, 80 Colo. 249, 250 P. 560; Manha v. Union Fertilizer Co., 151 Cal. 581, 91 P. 393; Dobson v. Clemens Co., 194 Iowa 1155, 191 N.W. 184; Breen v. Iowa Central R. Co., 184 Iowa 1200, 168 N.W. 901. During her cross-examination the plaintiff was asked: "And now, Mrs. Rossi, you never did give any proof to the Insurance Company of Mr. Rossi's death, did you?

This principle of law and logic has been repeatedly announced by the courts. Mohr v. Barnes, 4 Colo. 350; Greenlees v. Chezik, 68 Colo. 521, 522, 190 Pac. 667; McMahon v. Williams, 80 Colo. 249, 250, 250 Pac. 560. The trust deed was foreclosed to satisfy the balance due.