Tennessee Statutes
§ 25-3-117 — Judgment against county trustee
Tennessee § 25-3-117
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 25-3-117 (2026).
Text
County trustees are required to pay all just claims against the county as they are presented, if they have money in their hands not otherwise specially appropriated, and, on failure so to do, the party aggrieved may recover judgment by motion against such trustee and any sureties of the trustee, for the amount due, with interest and damages, in the general sessions court of the county in which such trustee resides.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 3613 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 33, § 1; 1827, ch. 49, § 25); Shan., § 5378; Code 1932, § 9537; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-318.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 25-3-117, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/25-3-117.