{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-49","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-7-49","heading":"Payment pending action; judgment for plaintiff for use of surety.","body":"If the surety pays off the debt pending the action against the principal and himself or against the principal alone, such payment shall operate only to cause the action to proceed for the benefit of such surety; and the judgment may be entered in the name of the original plaintiff for the use of such surety.","path":["TITLE 10 Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 7 Suretyship","Article 3 Rights of Surety Against Principal, Cosureties, and Third Persons"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.10.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"387d7eafece30136c100e5fd66a105f2d6d99b03cc7c190b4a57509c25299fa0","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-48","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}