In actions founded on any contract, no acknowledgment or promise hereafter made shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take any case out of the operation of the provisions of sections 516.100 to 516.370, or deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise be made or contained by or in some writing subscribed by the party chargeable thereby.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.320
Actions barred, only revived by written promise
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Al-Khaldiya Electronics & Electrical Equipment Co. v. Boeing Co. (2009)
Most recently applied in DeCoursey v. American General Life Insurance (May 2016)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1035); Prior revisions: 1929 § 883; 1919 § 1338; 1909 § 1909
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Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.