New York General Obligations Law Section 15-104 - Discharge of one obligor, with reservations.

15-104. Discharge of one obligor, with reservations. Subject to the provisions of section 15-103, the obligee's release or discharge of one or more of several obligors, or of one or more of joint, or of joint and several obligors shall not discharge co-obligors, against whom the obligee in writing and as part of the same transaction as the release or discharge, expressly reserves his rights; and in the absence of such a reservation of rights shall discharge co-obligors only to the extent provided in section 15-105.


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