If such clerk falsely and fraudulently endorse the name of any person on a writ of scire facias by such clerk issued, under the foregoing provisions, such clerk commits a Class C misdemeanor and is liable to an action for damages at the suit of such person.
Code 1858, § 3581 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 18, § 4); Shan., § 5345; Code 1932, § 9505; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2505; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Code Commission Notes.
Portions of this section have been rewritten by the executive secretary to the Tennessee code commission to implement Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113, effective November 1, 1989, which requested that the executive secretary amend this section by deleting the penalty provision and inserting language to indicate violation of the section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, §40-35-111.