Any accommodation endorser or surety may, in like manner, sue out an attachment against the property of such endorsor's or surety's principal, as a security for the liability, whether the debt on which the accomodation endorsed or surety is bound be due or not.
Code 1858, § 3457 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 8); Shan., § 5214; Code 1932, § 9401; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-603.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, §§ 13, 129; 7 Tenn. Juris., Contribution and Exoneration, §§ 17, 18; 14 Tenn. Juris., Guardian and Ward, § 32.
Cited: Thurman v. Jenkins, 61 Tenn. 426, 1873 Tenn. LEXIS 199 (1873); McBee v. Bearden, 75 Tenn. 731, 1881 Tenn. LEXIS 180 (1881); Williamson Leasing Co. v. Kephart, 627 S.W.2d 683, 1981 Tenn. App. LEXIS 535 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981).