§ 28-11-201

28-11-201. Obligation of guarantor not to exceed that of principal. The obligation of a guarantor must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal, and if in its terms it exceeds it, it is reducible in proportion to the principal obligation. History: En. Sec. 3633, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5669, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8184, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2809; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1547; re-en. Sec. 8184, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-204.