BURNHAM v. BURNHAM

No. 2384-2.

18 Wn. App. 1 (1977)

567 P.2d 242

TROY T. BURNHAM, ET AL, Appellants, v. STANTON L. BURNHAM, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Payne (of Payne & Verzani), for appellants.

John S. Lynch (of Lynch & Lynch), for respondents.


REED, J.

The sole issue on appeal is whether a divorce decree's award to a wife of certain real property "together with the residence situated thereon as well as any obligation owing against said property" constitutes an "acknowledgment" or creates a new promise to pay, thus removing the bar of the statute of limitations to enforcement of the original promise. We hold the language creates neither an acknowledgment nor a sufficient promise to pay and affirm the trial...

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