Tennessee § 54-12-117 - Petitioners required to pay preliminary expenses — Judgment on their bond.
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§ 54-12-117. Petitioners required to pay preliminary expenses — Judgment on their bond.
If the county legislative body should not see fit to order the preliminary expenses be paid, and the parties to whom the expenses are owing are not willing to agree to wait until a fund for their payment can be provided by special assessments upon the district, then the county legislative body, by proper order, shall require the petitioner to pay to the county clerk a fund sufficient to pay the preliminary expenses, and the bond required of petitioners by this part shall be liable for the preliminary expenses, and judgment on the bonds may be rendered at any time by the county legislative body to the end the fund for expenses be provided, just as the county legislative body renders judgment on cost bonds, and one (1) judgment shall not prevent other judgments on the same bond, so the sum of the judgments does not exceed the penalty of the bond. Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 117; Shan. Supp., § 1682a131; Code 1932, § 2946; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1317; impl am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54-12-117 ("Petitioners required to pay preliminary expenses — Judgment on their bond.") 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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