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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-7-28. Process sued out and judgment entered against surety as such.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-7-28. Process sued out and judgment entered against surety as such.

When the fact of suretyship appears on the face of the contract, the creditor shall sue out process against the surety and enter up judgment against him as such.

## History

Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 598.; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 600.; Code 1863, § 2137; Code 1868, § 2132; Code 1873, § 2159; Code 1882, § 2159; Civil Code 1895, § 2977; Civil Code 1910, § 3549; Code 1933, § 103-208.