Where the error complained of is in the amount of the judgment, the petition shall show the amount of the mistake, and the supersedeas shall not issue for more than such amount, and the plaintiff in the judgment shall be entitled to execution for the balance not complained of, as if no such writ had been obtained.
Code 1858, § 3129 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 26, § 1; 1829, ch. 16, § 1); Shan., § 4860; Code 1932, § 8995; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-808.