§ 22-1. Contracts charging representative personally; promise to answer for debt of another. - North Carolina Statutes

Chapter22.

Contracts Requiring Writing.

§ 22‑1.  Contractscharging representative personally; promise to answer for debt of another.

No action shall be broughtwhereby to charge an executor, administrator or collector upon a specialpromise to answer damages out of his own estate or to charge any defendant upona special promise to answer the debt, default or miscarriage of another person,unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or somememorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the partycharged therewith or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized. (29Charles II, c. 3, s. 4; 1826, c. 10; R.C., c. 50, s. 15; Code, s. 1552; Rev.,s. 974; C.S., s. 987.)