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LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. 2055
An acknowledgment or new promise, though made on Sunday, revives the debt.
As to entries in books of account by the defendant's agent, removing the bar of
A stockholder cannot revive a debt due by the corporation. Davis v. Gemmell,
For circumstances under which a promise or acknowledgment by one executor
An admission of a debt by an executor, even a judgment against him, cannot
Where a debt is contracted with one partner, it may be revived by an acknowl-
So long as the partnership exists, an acknowledgment or promise by one partner
The promise of one partner, after a dissolution, does not revive a debt once barred,
A contract made by several contractors cannot be taken out of statute by an
As to payments by a co-maker of a joint and several note, taking case out of
Payments by a husband on account of joint note of himself and wife, will not The plea of limitations.
How statute should be pleaded. Scaggs v. Reilly, 88 Md. 65; Byrd v. State,
The statute need not be pleaded to each distinct count in a declaration. Bullen v.
Limitations is not a plea to the merits and cannot be amended or filed after rule
Plea of limitations cannot be amended, though the amended plea is filed before
When leave to file additional pleas is granted, limitation may be pleaded pro-
A plea of limitations is not favored in the law; a party may waive it at his
An irregularity in the time of filing a plea of limitations is waived by the filing of
Though all parties to a suit waive statute, it may be relied upon by anyone who
A party whose claim has been rejected or satisfied cannot set up the statute as
Where the corporation is a party to the cause and does not plead the statute, a Non-residents may plead limitations. Bannon y. Lloyd, 64 Md. 49.
The personal representative alone can plead limitations to claims against dece-
Limitations cannot be relied upon, unless it is pleaded. Bannon v. Lloyd, 64 Md. |
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