P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 4898
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Should there be several sureties but only one debtor for the same debt, the liability therefor shall be divided among them all. The creditor can claim from each surety nothing but the proper portion which he may have to pay, unless the joint liability has been expressly stipulated.
The benefit of division against the cosureties ceases in the same cases and for the same reasons as that for levy against the principal debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1736.