O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-13-31 (2019)

Execution against principal and his surety on appeal

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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In all cases of appeal where security has been given and judgment has been entered against the principal and surety, jointly and severally, execution shall issue accordingly and shall proceed against either or both at the option of the plaintiff until his debt is satisfied.

History

(Orig. Code

1863, § 3490; Code 1868, § 3513; Code 1873, § 3571; Code 1882, § 3571; Civil Code 1895, § 5342; Civil Code 1910, § 5937; Code 1933, § 39-106.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, § 18 et seq.

C.J.S. - 72 C.J.S., Principal and Surety, § 265.