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Section 588
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588. In case of judgment against the defendants under section 587, execution shall first be issued only against the defendant other than the municipality, and the municipality shall not be required to take steps to pay such judgment, including costs of execution against the other defendant, until the notice of execution is returned unsatisfied, or unless there be an opposition to or contestation of the seizure for reasons other than matters of form.
If the municipality pays such judgment it shall become subrogated in the rights of the plaintiff therein, and may enforce payment of the same from the other defendant, and shall be entitled to execution therein against him, and to take such other proceedings as judgment creditors are entitled to take.
588. In case of judgment against the defendants under section 587, execution shall first be issued only against the defendant other than the municipality, and the municipality shall not be required to take steps to pay such judgment, including costs of execution against the other defendant, until such execution is returned unsatisfied, or unless there be an opposition to or contestation of the seizure for reasons other than matters of form.
If the municipality pays such judgment it shall become subrogated in the rights of the plaintiff therein, and may enforce payment of the same from the other defendant, and shall be entitled to execution therein against him, and to take such other proceedings as judgment creditors are entitled to take.
