Huus v. Huus’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently October 1996
4 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“Where the plaintiff relies upon a promise inferred from a written acknowledgment of the debt this promise must be such as is deducible from the acknowledgment so that it can be said the acknowledgment clearly and fairly implies that the debtor promises to pay; but if the acknowledgment be such that the debtor merely intimates he will pay the debt if certain conditions which he mentions are fulfilled and retains to himself the power to determine whether he will pay under such cireum-stances it cannot be said that promise is so sufficiently explicit and unconditional as permits the removal of the bar of the' statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““It is a statute enacted as a matter of public policy, to fix a limit in which an action must be brought or the obligation will be presumed to have been paid. The statute is intended to run only against those who are neglectful of their rights, and fail to use reasonable and proper diligence in the enforcement thereof. They are based on the presumption of law that, from the lapse of time, it is fair to presume that the debt has been paid.” Burleigh County v. Kidder County, 20 N.D. 27, 32-34 , 125 N.W. 1063, 1065 (1910).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“New promise must be in writing in order to extend limitation — Effect of any payment. No acknowledgment or promise is sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take the case out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same is contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby, but this section does not alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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