Tennessee Statutes
§ 5-1-106 — Suits for use of counties
Tennessee § 5-1-106
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-106 (2026).
Text
Suits for the use and benefit of any county in this state against any delinquent officer or such officer's sureties, for moneys or funds due such county, shall be brought in the name of the state of Tennessee, for the use of the county for the benefit of which such suit may be brought.
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Related
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County ex rel. Anderson v. Fulton
701 S.W.2d 597 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1985)
State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Knox County Commission
342 S.W.3d 1 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
Trigg v. Mansfield
648 S.W.2d 946 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1982)
State of Tennessee ex rel. Robert L. Wolfenbarger, III. v. Scott Moore
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
Legislative History
Acts 1875, ch. 27, § 1; Shan., § 495; Code 1932, § 741; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-106.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Enumeration of counties§ 5-1-102
Jurisdiction over boundary waters§ 5-1-103
Corporate capacity§ 5-1-104
County officers - Filling vacancies§ 5-1-105
Suits against counties§ 5-1-106
Suits for use of counties§ 5-1-107
Mandamus to enforce county duties§ 5-1-108
Division into districts§ 5-1-109
Continuation of existing districts§ 5-1-110
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Tennessee § 5-1-106, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/5-1-106.