Tennessee § 9-2-121 Failure to pay on warrant

Tennessee Statutes

§ 9-2-121 — Failure to pay on warrant

If such clerk or judge, after settlement and obtaining a warrant to pay into the county treasury the amount found due from such clerk or judge to the county, fails to pay it, the trustee shall, in like manner, cause judgment to be taken against such clerk or judge and the sureties of such clerk or judge for the amount found due the county by the account, with interest thereon from the time the money should have been paid, with twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) damages, and costs.

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If such clerk or judge, after settlement and obtaining a warrant to pay into the county treasury the amount found due from such clerk or judge to the county, fails to pay it, the trustee shall, in like manner, cause judgment to be taken against such clerk or judge and the sureties of such clerk or judge for the amount found due the county by the account, with interest thereon from the time the money should have been paid, with twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) damages, and costs.

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Legislative History

Code 1858, § 516 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 85, § 2); Shan., §1027; Code 1932, § 1756; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-221.