The representative of one bound with another, either jointly or as a partner, by judgment, bond, note or otherwise, for the payment of a debt, or the performance or forbearance of an act, or for any other thing, and dying in the lifetime of the latter, may be charged in the same manner as such representative might have been charged, if those bound jointly or as partners had been bound severally as well as jointly, otherwise than as partners.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 55. Actions, Suits and Arbitration; Judicial Sale
Article 8. Actions on Contracts
§55-8-1. Jurisdiction in Proceedings on Penal Bonds
§55-8-2. Action of Debt or Assumpsit on Note or Writing; Action of Debt for Any Past-Due Installment
§55-8-3. Action of Assumpsit for Breach of Contract
§55-8-4. General Issue in Debt or Assumpsit on Sealed Instrument
§55-8-5. Validity of Writing Payable to Person Dead at Time of Execution
§55-8-7. Action Against Makers, Drawers, Endorsers, Acceptors, Assignors or Absolute Guarantors
§55-8-9. Action by Assignee in Own Name; Defenses and Setoff; Joinder of Claims
§55-8-10. Assignee Entitled to Recover From Assignor; Defenses Allowed
§55-8-11. Limitation on Jurisdiction of Equity as to Suit by Assignee
§55-8-12. Third Party May Sue on Covenant or Promise Made for His Sole Benefit