If the creditor refuses or neglects to bring an action for ten days after request, and does not permit the surety to do so, and to furnish the surety with a true copy of the contract or other writing therefor, and enable the surety to have the use of the original when requisite in such action, the surety shall be discharged.
[C51, § 971; R60, § 1820; C73, § 2109; C97, § 3065; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9458; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 540.2]
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