Tennessee § 29-6-103 - Endorser or surety.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-6-103 — Endorser or surety., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-6-103. Endorser or surety.
Any accommodation endorser or surety may, in like manner, sue out an attachment against the property of such endorsor's or surety's principal, as a security for the liability, whether the debt on which the accomodation endorsed or surety is bound be due or not. Code 1858, § 3457 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 8); Shan., § 5214; Code 1932, § 9401; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-603. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, §§ 13, 129; 7 Tenn. Juris., Contribution and Exoneration, §§ 17, 18; 14 Tenn. Juris., Guardian and Ward, § 32. Cited: Thurman v. Jenkins, 61 Tenn. 426, 1873 Tenn. LEXIS 199 (1873); McBee v. Bearden, 75 Tenn. 731, 1881 Tenn. LEXIS 180 (1881); Williamson Leasing Co. v. Kephart, 627 S.W.2d 683, 1981 Tenn. App. LEXIS 535 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 29-6-103 ("Endorser or surety.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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