When two or more persons have made a joint promise, then, unless a contrary intention appears by the contract, all such persons, during their joint lives, and, after the death of any of them, his representative jointly with the survivor or survivors, and, after the death of the last survivor, the representatives of all jointly, must fulfil the promise.
CHAPTER IV OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS · By whom contracts must be performed
Section 42: Devolution of joint liabilities
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