The clerk or commissioner may, and, when it seems to the clerk or commissioner necessary, shall examine the accounting party, upon oath, touching the representative's receipts and disbursements.
Code 1858, § 2299 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 4); Shan., § 4035; Code 1932, § 8248; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1105.
Cross-References. Clerk to examine accounting party, §18-6-106.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 840.