No promise to pay a debt discharged by any decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, in any proceeding in bankruptcy, shall be received in evidence unless such promise is in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith.
History
(1899, c. 57; Rev., s. 978; C.S., s. 990.)
Legal Periodicals. - For possible construction of this section, see 13 N.C.L. Rev. 60 (1935).