A payment by one of two or more co-debtors is not, according to the weight of authority, a waiver of the bar as to the other debtors ;x nor will such a payment if made before the statute has run prevent the running of the statute as to any but the debtor making the payment.2 Some authorities hold, however, that a payment by one of two or more joint debtors, if made

2 Blethen v. Murch, 80 Me. 313;

14 Atl. 208.

3 In re Tucker (1894), 1 Ch. 724; Davison v. Sherburne, 57 Minn. 355; 47 Am. St. Rep. 618; 59 N. W. 316; Clement v. Clement, 69 Wis. 599; 2 Am. St. Rep. 760; 35 N. W. 17.

4 Kerper v. Wood, 48 O. S. 613;

15 L. R. A. 656; 29 N. E. 501. 5 Turner v. Ross, 1 R. I. 88.

6 Campbell v. Floyd, 153 Pa. St. 84; 25 Atl. 1033.

1 State Loan & Trust Co. v. Cochran, 130 Cal. 245; 62 Pac. 466, 600; Bottles v. Miller, 112 Ind. 584; 14 N. E. 728; Smith v. Caldwell, 15 Rich. L. (S. C.) 365; Govvdy v. Gillam, 6 Rich. L. (S. C.) 28.

2 Atkins v. Tredgold, 2 Barn. & C. 23; Bell v. Morrison, 1 Pet. (U. S.) 351; Clementson v. Williams, 8 Cranch (U. S.) 72; Underwood v.

Patrick, 94 Fed. 468; 36 C. C. A. 330; Boynton v. Spafford, 162 111. 113; 53 Am. St. Rep. 274; 44 N. E. 379; Koontz v. Hammond, 21 Ind. App. 76; 51 N. E. 506; Wellington National Bank v. Thomson, 9 Kan. App. 667; 59 Pac. 178; Tate v. Hawkins, 81 Ky. 577; 50 Am. Rep. 181; Quimby v. Putnam, 28 Me. 419; Rogers v. Anderson, 40 Mich. 290; Willoughby v. Irish, 35 Minn, 63; 59 Am. Rep. 297; 27 N. W. 379; First National Bank v. Bul-lard, 20 Mont. 118; 49 Pac. 658; Mayberry v. Willoughby, 5 Neb. 368; 25 Am. Rep. 491; Parker v. Butterworth, 46 N. J. Law 244; 50 Am. Rep. 407; Littlefield v. Little-field, 91 N. Y. 203; 43 Am. Rep. 663; Grovenor v. Signor, 10 N. D. 503; 88 N. W. 278; Hanna v. Kas-son, 26 Wash. 568; 67 Pac. 271V before the cause of action is barred, starts limitations anew as to all the debtors.3