When a bond, recognizance, bill, note, or other contract has been executed by two or more persons jointly and one or more of them reside out of the State, an action may be sustained thereon against the party residing in the State.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 5051
Action against resident joint contractor
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