Patterson v. Neuer

Citations

• 165 Pa. 66
• 30 A. 748
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 965

Syllabus

<p>Promise sufficient to toll statute of limitations—Act of 1713.</p> <p>To remove the bar of the statute of limitations, there must be a clear and definite acknowledgment of the debt and a specification of the amount due or a reference to something by which such amount can be definitely and certainly ascertained.</p> <p>A claim for a percentage on the cost price of defendant’s buildings for extra services in supervising their construction will not be taken out of the bar of the statute of limitation by the testimony of the claimant that “I went all over this work I had done lor defendant where he owed me the bill ” and told him that I had not been paid for it, and he thereupon promised to pay every cent, as this conversation fails to specify the amount of the debt or to furnish any basis on which the amount could be definitely and certainly ascertained.</p>