If the trustee fails to pay money to those entitled to the same, or neglects to call those to account who ought to pay money into the treasury, whereby the county suffers loss, in either case the trustee and the trustee's sureties shall be liable for the sums so not collected or paid, on motion before the circuit court.
Code 1858, § 430 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 49, § 25); Shan., § 526; Code 1932, § 778; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1106.
Cross-References. Motion against trustee for failure to pay over revenues, §67-1-1617.
Summary judgment against trustee, §25-3-117.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 19 Tenn. Juris., Municipal, State and County Securities, § 8.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).