{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-176","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-176","heading":"Promise to pay barred debt to be in writing.","body":"In any action against the representatives of a deceased person, an acknowledgment or promise shall not be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract to take the case out of the statute of limitations, unless it is contained in a writing made or signed by the party to be charged thereby. This provision shall not alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 899*. EVIDENCE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_899.htm#sec_52-176","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"db70908697b4e11a6c6bed876a7b7bee2ee761147e10d28e3db758f43aa70e98","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-175a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}