Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 7. SURETYSHIP · Article 2. RELATIVE RIGHTS OF CREDITOR AND SURETY

10-7-29. Judgment against principal and surety at same time.

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It shall be lawful to enter judgment against principal and sureties at the same time, as in cases of appeal, in all cases in law or equitable proceedings when a bond has been given by the losing party conditioned to pay the eventual condemnation money in the action; and it shall not be necessary to bring an action upon the bond.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1893, p. 131, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2978; Civil Code 1910, § 3550; Code 1933, § 103-209; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 10.

Discharge of parties to commercial paper, § 11-3-601 et seq.

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Text read from t10-(v8)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volume V8, 2024 edition, pages 1197 to 1198; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7afbade16da7.