In any case when an additional bond has been required, the sureties in either bond, who may have been compelled to make any payment thereon for the principal obligor, have the same remedies against the sureties in the remaining bonds as cosureties have against each other and may recover against such sureties such an amount as shall be in the same proportion to the sum paid by the plaintiff as the aggregate penalty of the two bonds bears to the penalty of the bond of the defendant, apportioning the same among the solvent sureties.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Chapter 2 - Bonds of County Officers, Employees, etc., Generally.
Article 2 - Requirement of New or Additional Bonds.
Section 11-2-20 - Requirement of Additional Bonds of County Officials, Etc. - Authority.
Section 11-2-21 - Requirement of Additional Bonds of County Officials, Etc. - Procedures.