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85-5-3 - Judgment against one debtor does not affect rights against others.

§ 85-5-3. Judgment against one debtor does not affect rights against others.
 

In any action founded on a joint or joint and several bond, covenant, bill of exchange, promissory note, or other contract, or on a contract or liability of copartners, it shall be lawful to sue any one or more of the parties liable on such bond, covenant, bill of exchange, promissory note, or other contract or liability; and separate suits may be brought against the representatives of such of the parties as have died, or joint suits may be brought against the representatives of the deceased party and those who are alive and bound therein; and the rendition of judgment against one or more joint or joint and several debtors shall not affect any right of the plaintiff as to the other parties, unless satisfaction has been obtained. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 1134; 1892, § 2353; 1906, § 2683; Hemingway's 1917, § 2170; 1930, § 2028; 1942, § 335.
 

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