Defenses

Ind. Code § 5-4-3-2
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Sec. 2. The sureties in any official bond, taken and acknowledged as contemplated in the foregoing section, shall, as between such sureties and the state, be deemed and taken to be principals; and it shall not be competent for any surety in such bond to set up, as a defense to an action brought for a breach of the condition thereof, any matter which would not be available as a defense to the principal in such bond. Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.76, s.2.
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