                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT BY SURETY OR FAILURE TO NOTIFY PRINCIPAL TO DEFEND (§
49-28)

If any such surety, other than bail, or his committee, heir or personal
representative, confess judgment, or suffer judgment to go against him by
default, without giving notice to his principal, if he be a resident of the
Commonwealth, or his committee or personal representative, to defend the suit,
and after such principal offers to defend the suit, and tenders counter
security, approved by the court in which the suit is pending, the principal, or
his committee, heirs or representative, may have the benefit of every defense
against the motion or suit of such surety, or his committee, representative or
heirs, against him that he might have had against the creditor.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5778.