The surety of any guardian, executor, or administrator, trustee or assignee for creditors, who conceives the surety to be in danger of suffering by the suretyship, and desires to be relieved therefrom, may file a petition, in writing, in the county court, or the court having cognizance of the estate or fund.
Code 1858, § 3672 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 119, § 5; 1825, ch. 62, § 1; 1829, ch. 15, § 2); Shan., § 5442; Code 1932, § 9604; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2707.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 597, 598.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 7 Tenn. Juris., Contribution and Exoneration, § 9; 12 Tenn. Juris., Executors and Administrators, § 81; 14 Tenn. Juris., Guardian and Ward, § 32.