Yost v. Grim

Citations

• 116 Pa. 527
• 19 W.N.C. 301
• 8 A. 925
• 1887 Pa. LEXIS 420

Syllabus

<p>1. A clear, distinct and unequivocal acknowledgment of a debt is sufficient to take a case out of the statute of limitations. Such an acknowledgment being proved, the law will imply the promise to pay without its having been expressly made.</p> <p>2. There was evidence that the specific statement of the account, for the recovery of which suit was brought, was exhibited by the plaintiff to the debtor and the items got for the latter distinctly pointed out to him; that the debtor then made a payment thereon, and made no objection to the existence and validity of any of the items thus designated: Held, sufficient to justify the submission to the jury to find that defendant admitted the bill to be right and acknowledge his liability therefor.</p>