When any party shall be liable to be prosecuted under the provisions of this and the two preceding sections [10-17-9, 10-17-10 NMSA 1978], it shall be the duty of the district attorney to immediately commence a suit in favor of the state against said party and his securities for the sum due and interest according to law, and in the trial of any cause now or that may be hereafter pending against any officer or person and their securities, the certified transcript of the account of said officer or individual provided for by said sections and the certified copies of any other document, bond, obligation or other instrument of writing sealed, signed and certified in conformity with the said sections, or the originals, shall be admitted as evidence of such debt or liability of said officer or individual, and their securities, and the court trying the cause shall give judgment and issue execution in conformity to said evidence.
History: Laws 1869-1870, ch. 39, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 2286; C.L. 1897, § 3197; Code 1915, § 1868; C.S. 1929, § 39-117; 1941 Comp., § 10-516; 1953 Comp., § 5-6-15.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees § 216.