{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-11-103","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 11–103","heading":"","body":"In a contract action brought against alleged joint debtors:\n(1) The plaintiff need not prove their joint liability as alleged in order to maintain the action;\n(2) The plaintiff may recover as in actions in tort against one or more of the defendants who are shown by the evidence to be indebted to the plaintiff; and\n(3) Judgment shall be entered in the plaintiff’s favor against one or more of the defendants as fully as if the defendant or defendants against whom the plaintiff fails to establish a claim had not been joined in the suit.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=11-103","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"53e1768e575565276c7c3d20ee6000613281742eca1179b321867e70b7a4c466","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-11-102","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-11-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}