{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.001","heading":"SUIT ON CONTRACT WITH SEVERAL OBLIGORS OR PARTIES CONDITIONALLY LIABLE.","body":"(a) Except as provided by this section, the acceptor of a bill of exchange or a principal obligor on a contract may be sued alone or jointly with another liable party, but a judgment may not be rendered against a party not primarily liable unless judgment is also rendered against the principal obligor.\n(b) The assignor, endorser, guarantor, or surety on a contract or the drawer of an accepted bill may be sued without suing the maker, acceptor, or other principal obligor, or a suit against the principal obligor may be discontinued, if the principal obligor:\n(1) is a nonresident or resides in a place where he cannot be reached by the ordinary process of law;\n(2) resides in a place that is unknown and cannot be ascertained by the use of reasonable diligence;\n(3) is dead; or\n(4) is actually or notoriously insolvent.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 17. PARTIES; CITATION; LONG-ARM JURISDICTION","SUBCHAPTER A. PARTIES TO SUIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.17.htm#17.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"ab3c67bba20c1a42a0c83a4c6e61afbefda01caaefe529d4a02c6381d5493853","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.073","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}