West Virginia Code § 45-1-6

Contribution among cosureties and coguarantors
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If the principal debtor be insolvent, any surety or guarantor (or his committee, personal
representative or heir) against whom a judgment or decree has been rendered on the
contract in which he was surety or guarantor, may obtain a judgment or decree by motion, in
the court in which such judgment or decree was rendered, against any cosurety or
coguarantor (or his committee, personal representative or heir) for his sharee, in law or
equity, of the amount for which the first-mentioned judgment or decree may have been
rendered; and if the same has been paid, for such share of the amount rso paid, with interest
thereon from the time of such payment.

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