Drawbaugh v. Drawbaugh

Citations

• 7 Pa. Super. 349
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 296

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Statute of limitations — Sufficiency of admission to bar the running of the statute.</p> <p>When a claim to recover a debt barred by the statute rests on admission oí the indebtedness, the acknowledgment thereof must be unqualified. It must be consistent with a promise to pay on demand. It must not be accompanied by such other expressions as indicate a willingness to pay at some future time. The language must preclude hesitation as to the debt- or’s meaning.</p> <p>A debtor’s agreement to pay when he gets the money from some named or unnamed source, is not sufficient to revive the debt.</p>