Tennessee Statutes
§ 25-3-127 — Motion against cosurety
Tennessee § 25-3-127
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 25-3-127 (2026).
Text
A cosurety or comaker against whom judgment has been rendered for the whole debt, or who has paid the same or more than the ratable share of such judgment, may have judgment on motion, against all of the other parties to the instrument liable to such cosurety or comaker, whether included in the original judgment or not, for the ratable share of each.
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Related
State v. Taylor
675 S.W.2d 721 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1984)
Legislative History
Code 1858, § 3625 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 69, §§ 2, 3); Acts 1870-1871, ch. 99; Shan., § 5390; mod. Code 1932, § 9549; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-328.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 25-3-127, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/25-3-127.