A motion against an attorney may be made in the circuit or chancery court of any county in which such attorney resides, or in which the money was collected, and if the attorney neither resides nor practices in the state, then in the circuit court of any county, and, in the latter case, without notice.
Code 1858, § 3618 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 13, § 1); Shan., § 5383; mod. Code 1932, § 9542; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-321.