California Civil Code Section 2779

CA Civ Code § 2779 (2017)  

Where one, at the request of another, engages to answer in damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, for any violation of duty on the part of the latter, he is entitled to be reimbursed in the same manner as a surety, for whatever he may pay.

(Enacted 1872.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018