Liberman v. Gurensky

Citations

• 27 Wash. 410
• 67 P. 998
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 407

Syllabus

<p>LIMITATION OF ACTION-NEW PROMISE-SUFFICIENCY.</p> <p>Under the rule that in order to revive a debt barred by the statute of limitations the promise to pay it must oe certain, definite, unequivocal, and unconditional, a letter by the debtor to the creditor stating that “That little amount that I owe you will be paid some time. I don’t know just how much it is. You say $1,000, but I never could figure that much. . I always thought that little Harry paid that debt, but as he did not settle it I’ll see into it some time,” is not an acknowledgment or promise sufficient to avoid the bar of the statute.</p> <p>SAME-SIGNATURE OF DEBTOR TO ACKNOWLEDGMENT.</p> <p>Under Bal. Code, § 4816, which provides thát no acknowledgment or new promise shall be sufficient to suspend the statute unless it be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby, the signing of the debtor’s name by another under his direction is a sufficient compliance with the statute.</p>