In attachments for the nonperformance of decrees, no bail is to be taken, but the party shall be committed to jail, there to remain until the party performs the decree.
Code 1858, § 4481 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 23); Shan., § 6298; Code 1932, § 10591; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1212.
Cross-References. Seizure of person or property, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 64.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 306, 376, 377, 462.
Law Reviews.
The Contempt Powers of Tennessee Courts (E. Michael Ellis), 37 Tenn. L. Rev. 538.