Official bonds are not discharged by a single recovery, but proceedings may, from time to time, be instituted thereon by any person aggrieved, without assignment, until the whole penalty is exhausted.
Code 1858, § 772; Shan., § 1093; Code 1932, § 1834; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1923.
Cross-References. Sheriff and sureties not liable for wrongs of any deputy sheriff, title 8, ch. 8, part 3.