Swedish Supreme Court rules that debt acknowledgment in an estate inventory does not interrupt prescription against a guarantor.
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AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the appeal regarding whether a debt acknowledgment in an estate inventory interrupted the statute of limitations against a guarantor. The lower court found that the debtor's admission of debt in the inventory did not constitute a direct acknowledgment to the guarantor. The court held that such an act lacks the necessary intent to interrupt prescription vis-à-vis the guarantor, leaving the claim time-barred.
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AI generatedPreskriptionslagen 1918:1 § 1; Boupptelagen 1917:1 § 10: An acknowledgment of debt in an estate inventory does not interrupt the statute of limitations against a guarantor unless the guarantor is directly notified or the acknowledgment is made in their presence.
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I målet aktualiseras frågan om preskriptionsavbrott har skett och särskilt om upptagandet av en skuld i en bouppteckning innebär att gäldenären erkänt fordringen gentemot borgenären. (Hovrätten för Övre Norrland, mål T 1299-22)