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" I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can. "
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With ... - Page 604
by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Cresswell Cresswell - 1828
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An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius ...

William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1827 - 834 pages
...on them, and that they were therefore liable to pay the surgeon's bill. Assumpsit, p. 130. — Where the. acknowledgment proved was, " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I'll pay it as soon as I can." It was holden, that such an acknowledgment, without proof of any ability,...
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A Practical Treatise on the Commercial and Mercantile Law of England

Humphry William Woolrych - Commercial law - 1829 - 616 pages
...However, the same point arose almost immediately afterwards in the Court of King's Bench. The promise was, " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay " it as soon as I can." No proof of the defendant's ability to pay was offered, and after a verdict for the plaintiff, the...
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A Treatise on the Statute of Limitations: (21 Jac. I. C. 16.)

William Ballantine - Entail - 1829 - 652 pages
...At the trial the plaintiff proved the following acknowledgment by the defendant within six years : "I cannot pay the debt at present* but I will pay it as soon as I can." Held, that this was But a promise to pay an executor cannot be given in evidence upon the issue of...
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A Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius

Henry Roscoe - Evidence (Law) - 1831 - 788 pages
...Eyre, CJ Duties v. Smith, 4 Esp. 35 ; and see Betford v. Saunden, 2 H. Bl. 116. So where the promise was, " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can," the Court of King's Bench held that it was necessary for the plaintiff to show the defendant's ability...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common ..., Volume 7

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 850 pages
...the trial the Plaintiff proved the following acknowledgment by the Defendant within six years ; — "I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can ; " — it was held that this was not sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to a verdict, no proof being...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common ..., Volume 4

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Joseph Payne - Law reports, digests, etc - 1832 - 952 pages
...would pay as soon as he had it in his power to do so." In the case referred to, the defendant says—" I cannot pay the debt at present; but I will pay it as soon as I can." The most acute and discriminating mind cannot form a distinction between the effect of the two expressions....
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas & Exchequer ...

John Bayly Moore, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1833 - 790 pages
...assumpsit, it was proved that the defendant within six years said, on being applied to for payment, " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can :" and it was held that this was not a sufficient acknowledgment to take the case out of the statute...
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A Practical Treatise on the Law of Contracts: Not Under Seal; and Upon the ...

Joseph Chitty - Contracts - 1834 - 850 pages
...Moore, 305, SC which the Statute of Limitations was pleaded. The defendant was proved to have said, " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can.'" It was decided that as no proof was given of the defendant's ability to pay, the statute was a bar....
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and ...

Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Court rules - 1835 - 1150 pages
...&c. In EDMUNDS v. Tanner v. Smart (a), the defendant's acknowledgment DOWMES. was jn these terms : " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can." Those words implied non-ability to pay at the time, and the promise was therefore held conditional...
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A Practical Treatise of Assets, Debts and Incumbrances

James Ram - Debtor and creditor - 1835 - 642 pages
...the note was produced to the defendant, and payment of it demanded, and that the defendant said, " I cannot pay the debt at present, but I will pay it as soon as I can." There was no proof, however, of any ability on the part of the defendant to pay the debt. A verdict...
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