If any officer or other person, as hereinafter provided, who is required by law or in the course of judicial proceedings to give bond for the performance of an act or the discharge of duty, receives money or property upon the faith of such bond, such officer and the officer's sureties are estopped to deny the validity of the bond or the legality of the proceedings under which the money or property was obtained.
Code 1858, § 774; Shan., § 1095; Code 1932, § 1837; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1922.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers
§ 8-19-301. Obligations Covered by Bonds
§ 8-19-302. Obligation on Defective Bond
§ 8-19-303. Estoppel to Deny Validity of Bond
§ 8-19-304. Bonds Not Discharged by Single Recovery
§ 8-19-305. Amount of Liability of Sureties