When an injury arises from the act or omission of a deputy or agent, the time for the limitation of an action by the principal against such deputy or agent does not commence to run until the liability of the principal for the act or omission is ascertained by suit of the aggrieved party against such principal, or otherwise.
Code 1858, § 2781; Shan., § 4478; Code 1932, § 8605; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-103.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Agency, § 38; 18 Tenn. Juris., Limitation of Actions, § 8.