§ 58-76-25. Evidence against principal admissible against sureties.
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§ 58-76-25. Evidence against principal admissible against sureties.
In actions brought upon the official bonds of sheriffs, coroners, or other public officers, and also upon the bonds of executors, administrators, collectors or guardians, when it may be necessary for the plaintiff to prove any default of the principal obligors, any receipt or acknowledgment of such obligors, or any other matter or thing which by law would be admissible and competent for or toward proving the same as against him, shall in like manner be admissible and competent as presumptive evidence only against all or any of his sureties who may be defendants with or without him in said actions.
(1844, c. 38; R.C., c. 44, s. 10; 1881, c. 8; Code, s. 1345; Rev., s. 285; C.S., s. 358; 1973, c. 108, s. 61; 2017-158, s. 18.)