{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-7-50","heading":"Compelling contribution — After paying more than equal share; effect of surety’s insolvency.","body":"Where several are sureties for the same principal for the same sum of money, either by one or by distinct instruments, and one pays more than an equal share of the sum, he may compel contribution from his cosureties. If one of the cosureties is insolvent, the deficiency in his share must be borne equally by the solvent sureties.","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":"8cb508fc8188169576d47b85116a254f9d0ba0362789760d363d1ff7088d1b42","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-49","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}