Tolling statute - Verbal promise or acknowledgment insufficient

No verbal promise or acknowledgment in any action founded on a simple contract shall be deemed sufficient evidence to take any case out of the operation of this act or to deprive the party of the benefits thereof. Rev. Stat., ch. 91, § 14; C. & M. Dig., § 6965; Pope's Dig., § 8943; A.S.A. 1947, § 37-216. No verbal promise or acknowledgment in any action founded on a simple contract shall be deemed sufficient evidence to take any case out of the operation of this act or to deprive the party of the benefits thereof. Rev. Stat., ch. 91, § 14; C. & M. Dig., § 6965; Pope's Dig., § 8943; A.S.A. 1947, § 37-216.