In the cases provided for by §§20-12-127 —20-12-130, the clerks and other officers of court shall perform all the usual duties required in the progress of an action or suit, and the witnesses shall attend, as in other cases, unless their depositions are taken under the provisions of this code.
Code 1858, § 3193 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, §§ 1, 4); Shan., § 4931; Code 1932, § 9084; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1633.