§ 26-1-303 — Penalties for failure to endorse or docket

Tennessee § 26-1-303

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 26

Text

Any clerk neglecting § 26-1-301 or § 26-1-302 is liable to a penalty of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), to be recovered by action, one-half (½) to the informer and the other one-half (½) to the state, to damages at the suit of the party aggrieved, and commits a Class C misdemeanor, for which, on conviction, such clerk shall be removed from office.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 3017 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 9); Shan., § 4745; Code 1932, § 8879; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-123; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.