The clerks of the probate court shall be responsible, respectively, for the acts of their deputies, and for such purpose, all and every official act of the deputy shall be considered as an official act of the clerk who appointed him, and each deputy clerk shall sign all the papers issued by himself with the name of the clerk, in this manner: A. B., clerk of the probate court, by C. D., deputy clerk.
History: Laws 1866-1867, ch. 24, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 423; C.L. 1897, § 761; Code 1915, § 1445; C.S. 1929, § 34-430; 1941 Comp., § 16-432; 1953 Comp., § 16-4-32.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability of clerk of court or surety on bond for negligent or wrongful acts of deputies or assistants, 71 A.L.R.2d 1140.