Where several persons became at the same time sureties of the same debtor in respect of the same obligation, each of them shall be liable as simple surety for his share and as secondary surety for the shares of the others.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2481
Plurality of Sureties · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where the sureties entered into their undertakings by successive acts, he who bound himself in the second place shall be held liable as secondary surety of the surety who bound himself before him.
Where the sureties expressly bound themselves as joint sureties either with the principal debtor or as between themselves, each of them shall be answerable for the whole debt, subject to contribution from the others proportionate to their shares.