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Any clerk who neglects to take the security required by §20-12-120 is liable on the clerk's official bond to all persons aggrieved by the neglect.

Code 1858, § 3188 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 19, § 3); Shan., § 4924; Code 1932, § 9076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1623.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 123.

Cited: McCalla v. Nelson, 44 Tenn. App. 164, 313 S.W.2d 462, 1956 Tenn. App. LEXIS 172 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1956).


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