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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 411.180 — Actions against joint obligors -- Death of joint obligors -- Effect of judgment against some

411.180. Actions against joint obligors -- Death of joint obligors -- Effect of judgment against some

If two (2) or more persons be jointly bound by contract, the action thereon may be brought against all or any of them, at the plaintiff's option. If any of the persons so bound be dead, the action may be brought against any or all of the survivors with the representatives of all or any of the decedents, or against the latter or any of them. If all the persons so bound be dead, the action may be brought against the representatives of all or any of them. An action or judgment against any one (1) or more of several persons jointly bound shall not be a bar to proceedings against the others.

Source notes

Effective: July 1, 1953

History and annotations

Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 27.

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