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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-7-56. Subrogation to rights of creditor; priority of claim.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-7-56. Subrogation to rights of creditor; priority of claim.

A surety who has paid the debt of his principal shall be subrogated, both at law and in equity, to all the rights of the creditor and, in a controversy with other creditors, shall rank in dignity the same as the creditor whose claim he paid.

## History

Ga. L. 1857, p. 111, § 4; Code 1863, § 2155; Code 1868, § 2150; Code 1873, § 2176; Code 1882, § 2176; Civil Code 1895, § 2995; Civil Code 1910, § 3567; Code 1933, § 103-501.