General Laws

[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 16. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 8. If one of two or more persons who are indebted upon a joint contract, or upon a judgment founded on such contract, dies, his estate shall be liable therefor as if the contract had been joint and several or as if the judgment had been against him alone.