...acknowledgment or promise by " words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or con" tinuing contract whereby to take any case out of the operation...writing, to be signed by the party " chargeable thereby," Counsel commented on the letter of the 20th of February 1828, and relied' particularly on the concluding...

...evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take any case out of the operation of the said Act, or to deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless...signed by the party chargeable thereby ; and that where there c«e of two or sna'^ ^e two or more J°'nt contractors, or execumore joint con- tors or...

...or continuing contract, whereby to take any case out of the operation " of the 2 1 Jac. 1, c. 16, " or to deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless...writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby :" " provided always, that nothing herein contained shall alter or take away or lessen the effect of...

...operation of the statute of limitations under Lord Tenterden's act, it *must [*21] have been acknowledged by or in some writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby. Now the defendant made out and signed the inventory and account, in his representative character: but,...

...taken. JVigram and C. Hall, in support, cited the 9 Geo. 4, c. 14, s. 1, which enacts, that "in actions of debt, or upon the case grounded upon any simple...writing, to be signed by the party chargeable thereby." Bacon, Malins, Amphlett, and C. M . Roupell, contra. The Vice-Chancellor said, that in cases of an...

...1st section of Lord Tenterden's Act (rf) it is enacted, that " no acknowledgment or promise by word only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new...writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby." Under this act it was held that signature by an agent was insufficient, but now by the 13th section...

...only 'shall be deemed sufficient," &c. But in the enacting part r»287 which follows, the terms are, " unless such acknowledgment or "• promise shall be...writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby." In effect, the first part of the clause merely adverts to the existing state of the law. The clause...

...and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that, in actions of debt or upon the case, grounded upon any simple...be signed by the party chargeable thereby; and that where there shall be two or more joint contractors, or executors or administrators of any contractor,...

...upon the case, grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall bo deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing...signed by the party chargeable thereby ; and that where there shall be two or more joint-contractors, or executors or administrators of any contractor,...

...any person of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise shall be made or continued by or in some writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby;" second, "that where there shall be two or more joint contractors or executors or administrators of...