If the trustee, on going out of office, fails to pay over the balance of revenue in the trustee's hands, the trustee and the trustee's sureties shall be liable to judgment, on motion of the district attorney general, before the circuit court.
Code 1858, § 428 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 49, § 24); Shan., § 524; Code 1932, § 776; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1109.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 22; 21 Tenn. Juris., Public officers, § 19.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).