40-4-116 - Liability for neglect of duty.
40-4-116. Liability for neglect of duty.
Any failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter by the officers named is a misdemeanor in office, and those officers are liable to judgments on their bonds, by motion, as in other cases of official bonds.
[Code 1858, § 5010 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 159, § 2); Shan., § 6969; Code 1932, § 11509; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-422.]