The county surveyor is liable on the surveyor's official bond for any damages done by a wrongful survey or plat. The surveyor and the sureties on such official bond shall be liable for all malfeasance and nonfeasance of the surveyor's deputy in office, to the same extent and in the same manner as a sheriff is liable for the acts of the sheriff's deputy.
Code 1858, § 441; Acts 1873, ch. 9, § 3; Shan., § 540; Code 1932, § 792; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1215.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-12-102. Bond — Oath of Office
§ 8-12-103. Term of Office — Location of Records
§ 8-12-105. Duty to Execute Surveys
§ 8-12-106. Oath of Chain Bearers — Plat
§ 8-12-107. Compensation Fixed by County Legislative Body
§ 8-12-108. Compensation Allowed by Courts
§ 8-12-110. Establishment of Meridian Lines
§ 8-12-111. Testing of Instruments — Notation of Magnetic Declination
§ 8-12-113. Prior Surveys Undisturbed
§ 8-12-114. Interference With Meridian Markers — Penalty
§ 8-12-115. Liability for Wrongful Survey — Acts of Deputy
§ 8-12-116. Delivery of Records to Successor