Hardin v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““ * * * a payment upon an open account does not either effectuate a renewal of the account which has already prescribed or a renunciation of the accrued prescription, and when an obligation to pay an open account becomes barred by prescription, to restore its status as an enforcible obligation, a payment thereon must be accompanied by a definite, affirmative and unqualified promise on the part of the debtor to pay the obligation. It was so held by this court in Ivey v. Joyce, La.App., 195 So. 33 . * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 So. 2d 605 - Cohen v. Toy