Where a debtor owes multiple debts to a creditor and makes payments without specifying which debt they are to reduce, the debtor bears the onus of proving that the payments were appropriated to the specific debt sued upon. The mere fact that the creditor has not sued on other debts does not establish that payments were appropriated to the debt in question. Deposits with finance companies, like bank deposits, are repayable on demand after maturity, so the limitation period runs from the date of demand, not the date of deposit.
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