{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-259-3","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 259, § 3","heading":"Insolvent debtor; new promise; necessity of writing","body":"Section 3. No promise for the payment of a debt, made by an insolvent debtor who has obtained his discharge from such debt under proceedings in bankruptcy or insolvency, shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to deprive the debtor of the benefit of relying upon such discharge in bar of the recovery of a judgment upon such debt, unless such promise is made by or contained in some writing signed by him, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.","path":["Part III","Title V","Chapter 259"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter259/Section3","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:07Z","sha256":"ab02a58de27ebb0d93ab05d3e415c9f3bd18e1f040df670515e1a336be81b26f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-259-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-259-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}