§ 37-12-6 - Intervention in suit brought by creditor – Consolidation of suits. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 37-12-6

   § 37-12-6  Intervention in suit brought bycreditor – Consolidation of suits. – When a suit has been so brought on the bond by a person claiming to be acreditor under the bond and is pending, any other person claiming to be acreditor under the bond may intervene and become a party in the first suit thusbrought and pending and by so intervening may have the rights of the otherperson adjudicated in the suit. If two (2) or more of the suits be filed in thecourt on the same day, the one in which the larger sum shall be claimed shallbe regarded as the earlier suit. All suits brought upon the bond as provided inthis chapter shall be consolidated together by the court and heard as one suit.