Opinion

Brown v. Bridges

  • 2 Miles 424
Court
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Filed
Sep 8, 1840
Status
Published
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 55.8%

The opinion

Per Curiam.—

An acknowledgment of a debt, to prevent the operation of the statute of limitations, must, at least, be consistent with a promise to pay.! This is the law in Pennsylvania. 'The acknowledgment in defendant’s petition for the benefit of the insolvent laws is not of this character, for the very basis on which an insolvent asks his discharge is that he is unable to pay *426 Ins debts. How this can be tortured into a promise to pay, or as being consistent with such a promise, we are at á loss to discover.

Judgment for defendant.

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