promise to pay when able

promise to pay when able
An acknowledgment sufficient for the purpose of creating a stated account only where there is an absolute assent to the amount. Kaunitz v Wheeler, 344 Mich 181, 73 NW2d 263.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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