The motion against the deputy sheriff may be made in any court, having jurisdiction of the amount, in the county in which the bond was executed or in which judgment has been recovered against the principal for the default of the deputy, or in any county in which the deputy, or any one (1) of the deputy's sureties, may reside.
Code 1858, § 3607 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 41, § 1); Shan., § 5372; Code 1932, § 9531; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-317.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 19 Tenn. Juris., Motions and Summary Proceedings, § 6; 22 Tenn. Juris., Sheriffs, § 24.