Williams v. American Surety Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. “Under the statute of frauds, any promise to revive a debt barred by a statute of limitation must be in writing and signed by the promissor or some person lawfully authorized by him. Code § 20-401 (6). This without more would require that the debt be identified, and that the new promise or acknowledgment should itself furnish the identification, or afford the means therefor. Gartrell v. Linn, 79 Ga. 700 (2) (4 S. E. 918); Slack v. Sexton, 113 Ga. 617 (38 S. E. 946); Duke v. Lynch, 56 Ga. App. 331 (192 S. E. 535). But, as in a contract for the sale of…