https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290240 A written acknowledgment of liability, if proved to have been made before expiry of limitation, creates a fresh limitation period under Section 18 and can save a mortgage suit from being time-barred. On the evidence, Ex. 1 was held to be in the defendant's handwriting and to contain an admission of the mortgage debt and remittance against it. The court treated the witness evidence and surrounding circumstances as reliable, and found the handwriting comparison unsafe on the facts. The alleged part payment did not need independent proof to sustain limitation once the acknowledgment was established, and the suit was therefore within time. en-us Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:08:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290240 A written acknowledgment of liability, if proved to have been made before expiry of limitation, creates a fresh limitation period under Section 18 and can save a mortgage suit from being time-barred. On the evidence, Ex. 1 was held to be in the defendant's handwriting and to contain an admission of the mortgage debt and remittance against it. The court treated the witness evidence and surrounding circumstances as reliable, and found the handwriting comparison unsafe on the facts. The alleged part payment did not need independent proof to sustain limitation once the acknowledgment was established, and the suit was therefore within time. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290240