Gregory v Parker
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1807 |
| Date | 01 January 1807 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 170 E.R. 997
IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS
Same day. gregory v. parker. (In an action against a husband for goods supplied to his wife for her accommodation while he occasionally visited her, a letter written by the wife acknowledging the debt within six years, is admissible evidence to take the case out of the Statute of Limitations.) Action for goods sold and delivered.'-Plea, the Statute of Limitations. [395} The goods in question had been furnished above six years ago for the accamnMKLafcion of the defendant's wife, who then lived at Brighton, the defendant Occasionally visiting her. To take the case out of the statute, a letter addressed to the plaintiff was offered in evidence, written within the six years from Brighton by the defendant's wife, in which she admits the debt, and apologises for its not being paid. It was contended for the defendant, that this letter was not evidence against him, as the wife had no authority to write it, and the debt in the meantime might have been paid. Lord Ellenborough.-The goods having been supplied...
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