{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-994","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 994","heading":"","body":"The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found against him, it must be for not exceeding the amount remaining unsatisfied on such original judgment, with interest thereon.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 14. OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [989. - 1062.34.]","CHAPTER 1. Proceedings Against Joint Debtors [989. - 994.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d164bc67111ac11a8f8d1d5981e0c141e1606235a338c9c126b967ed3a03b4f1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-993","next":"us-ca/ccp-995.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}