If by an act of the creditor the surety is discharged and in ignorance of the fact of the discharge the surety promises to pay, the promise shall not be binding.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2136; Code 1868, § 2131; Code 1873, § 2158; Code 1882, § 2158; Civil Code 1895, § 2976; Civil Code 1910, § 3548; Code 1933, § 103-207.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, § 43.