Tennessee § 16-15-734 - Motion by surety or stayor.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-15-734 — Motion by surety or stayor., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-15-734. Motion by surety or stayor.
When any surety or stayor is compelled to pay a general sessions court's judgment against a principal debtor for which the surety or stayor is liable, the surety or stayor may, by motion, before the general sessions court having legal custody of the judgment, recover judgment against the principal debtor for the judgment with interest and costs, or against a cosurety or stayor, for the ratable part thereof, which judgment is not liable to be stayed, except by consent of the surety or stayor in writing. Code 1858, § 4171 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 38, § 3); Shan., § 5983; mod. Code 1932, § 10184; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-505; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 52; T.C.A., § 19-2-102 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 19 Tenn. Juris., Motion and Summary Proceedings, §§ 4-6.
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Section 16-15-734 ("Motion by surety or stayor.") 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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