CHAPTER 1. Proceedings Against Joint Debtors

Chapter 1 enacted 1872.

§§ 989–994 · 6 sections

• § 989 When a judgment is recovered against one or more of several persons, jointly indebted upon an obligation, by proceeding as provided in Section 410.70, those…
• § 990 The summons specified in Section 989 shall be issued by the clerk upon presentation of the affidavit specified in Section 991. The summons must describe the…
• § 991 The summons must be accompanied by an affidavit of the plaintiff, his agent, representative, or attorney, that the judgment, or some part thereof, remains…
• § 992 Upon such summons, the defendant may answer within the time specified therein, denying the judgment, or setting up any defense which may have arisen…
• § 993 If the defendant, in his answer, denies the judgment, or sets up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, the summons, with the affidavit annexed, and…
• § 994 The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was…