Where there are co-sureties, a release by the creditor of one of them does not discharge the others; neither does it free the surety so released from his responsibility to the other sureties1.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.See s. 44, supra.
TITLE. Repealed · CHAPTERVIII OF INDEMNITY AND GUARANTEE
Section 138: Release of one co-surety does not discharge others
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