§ 6-2-16 — Sufficiency of Partial Payment or Written Promise to Remove Bar

Alabama § 6-2-16

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 6: Civil Practice
• Ch. 2: Limitation of Actions
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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No act, promise, or acknowledgment is sufficient to remove the bar to an action created by the provisions of this chapter, nor is such evidence of a new and continuing contract, except a partial payment, made upon the contract by the party sought to be charged before the bar is complete or an unconditional promise in writing signed by the party to be charged thereby.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §2490; Code 1867, §2194; Code 1876, §3240; Code 1886, §2628; Code 1896, §2811; Code 1907, §4850; Code 1923, §8964; Code 1940, T. 7, §40.)