Can an Old landlord give a satisfaction agreement to one of us and not others on a joint lease?back in 09 we signed a lease in college, we g...

Question

Can an Old landlord give a satisfaction agreement to one of us and not others on a joint lease?

back in 09 we signed a lease in college, we got evicted because one of my roommates was 1600 behind in rent my other was 1300 and i was 900. the roommate who owed 1300 made an agreements with the landlord and had to pay 2200 to get it settled, in 06/12. I tried to get a copy of the satisfied judgement form and they said it only applies towards that one roommate. But in a joint lease we were all liable for the others rent. So how can it be the opposite when it came to settling the debt for less?

Answer

Yes, the deal only applies to the person released.