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O.C.G.A. § 10-7-53

Controlling action on against cosureties

Laws 1840, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 597.; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 599.; Ga

surety on or before becoming such, 95

Validity, construction, and application of guaranty of corporate stock, or dividends thereon, by one other than corporation, 107 A.L.R. 1171.

debt and judgments therein

Code Sections 10-7-40 through 10-7-49 shall apply to cases where there is more than one surety, so as to enable a surety discharging a joint debt, in whole or in part, either pending the action or after joint or several judgments, to control the same against his cosureties for the purpose of compelling them to contribute their respective shares of the

amount so paid by him.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.