§ Rule 17(f) Actions against surety, assignor or endorser

Rule 17(f). Actions against surety, assignor or endorser

    The assignor, endorser, guarantor and surety upon a contract, and the drawer of a bill which has been accepted, may be sued without the maker, acceptor or other principal obligor when the latter resides beyond the limits of the state, or in such part of the state that the latter cannot be reached by ordinary process of law, or when the latter's residence is unknown and cannot be ascertained by the use of reasonable diligence, or when the latter is dead, or insolvent.