If the trustee refuses to pay the amount of any county warrant or legal demand upon the county, when requested by the party entitled to receive the money, it is a Class C misdemeanor, on conviction of which the trustee may be removed from office, unless the trustee produces evidence showing that disbursements have exhausted the money on hand.
Code 1858, § 429 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 38, § 6); Shan., § 525; Code 1932, § 777; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1105; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, §40-35-111.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 19 Tenn. Juris., Municipal, State and County Securities, § 7.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).