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

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 37-12-6 — § 37-12-6. Intervention in suit brought by creditor — Consolidation of suits.

Rhode Island § 37-12-6

Title 37Public Property and Works

Ch. 37-12Contractorsâ€™ Bonds

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-12-6 (2026).

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

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§ 37-12-6. Intervention in suit brought by creditor — Consolidation of suits.

When a suit has been so brought on the bond by a person claiming to be a creditor under the bond and is pending, any other person claiming to be a creditor under the bond may intervene and become a party in the first suit thus brought and pending and by so intervening may have the rights of the other person adjudicated in the suit. If two (2) or more of the suits be filed in the court on the same day, the one in which the larger sum shall be claimed shall be regarded as the earlier suit. All suits brought upon the bond as provided in this chapter shall be consolidated together by the court and heard as one suit.

Legislative History

P.L. 1934, ch. 2105, § 6; P.L. 1938, ch. 2644, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 79, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 37-12-6; P.L. 1973, ch. 216, § 1.