GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Chapter 7. SURETYSHIP |
Article 3. RIGHTS OF SURETY AGAINST PRINCIPAL, COSURETIES, AND THIRD PERSONS |
Section 10-7-57. Subrogation to rights of creditor -- As to securities held by creditor
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- A surety who has paid the debt of his principal shall also be entitled to be substituted in place of the creditor as to all securities held by him for the payment of the debt.
Orig. Code 1863, § 2156; Code 1868, § 2151; Code 1873, § 2177; Code 1882, § 2177; Civil Code 1895, § 2996; Civil Code 1910, § 3568; Code 1933, § 103-502.