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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3037",
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  "heading": "Surety ostensibly bound as a principal with another; effect of knowledge of the creditor",
  "text": "One who ostensibly binds himself as a principal obligor to satisfy the present or future obligations of another is nonetheless considered a surety if the principal cause of the contract with the creditor is to guarantee performance of such obligations.\n\nA creditor in whose favor a surety and principal obligor are bound together as principal obligors in solido may presume they are equally concerned in the matter until he clearly knows of their true relationship.",
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      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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