Spangler v. Spangler

Citations

• 122 Pa. 358
• 15 A. 436
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 612

Syllabus

<p>1. A promise to pay a debt, otherwise barred by the statute of limitations, is insufficient to toll the bar of the statute unless made to the party in interest or to his agent.</p> <p>2. So also, proof of the declarations of the debtor to strangers to the transaction, that he had acknowledged the indebtedness to his creditor and promised him to pay it-, is insufficient to toll the bar of the statute.</p> <p>3. Where a point is presented for instructions, that under all the evidence the plaintiff is not entitled to recover, it is error to decline an answer and reserve the question of law arising: the questions reserved and the facts on which they arise must distinctly appear of record.</p>