Título 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Capítulo 7. SURETYSHIP · Artículo 2. RELATIVE RIGHTS OF CREDITOR AND SURETY
10-7-22. Discharge of surety by increase of risk.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.
Any act of the creditor, either before or after judgment against the principal, which injures the surety or increases his risk or exposes him to greater liability shall discharge him; a mere failure by the creditor to sue as soon as the law allows or neglect to prosecute with vigor his legal remedies, unless for a consideration, shall not release the surety.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 2131; Code 1868, § 2126; Code 1873, § 2154; Code 1882, § 2154; Civil Code 1895, § 2972; Civil Code 1910, § 3544; Code 1933, § 103-203.
Cross references
Refusal to sue principal after notice by surety as discharge, § 10-7-24.
Law reviews
For article, “Georgia Law Needs Clarification: Does it Take Willful or Wanton Misconduct to Defeat a Contractual ‘Exculpatory’ Clause, or Will Gross Negligence Suffice,” see 19 Ga. St. B. J. 10 (Feb. 2014).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t10-(v8)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volumen V8, edición 2024, página 1174; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 7afbade16da7.