A sheriff's disobedience of the command of any process is a contempt of the court from which it issued, and may be punished accordingly; and such sheriff is further liable to the action of the party aggrieved.
Code 1858, § 361 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 451; Code 1932, § 698; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-816.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-8-202. Advance Fees on Process From Other Counties
§ 8-8-203. Payment of Collections by Collecting Officers
§ 8-8-204. Judgment on Motion for Failure to Pay Over
§ 8-8-205. Acting as Attorney or Security Prohibited — Attorney as Deputy
§ 8-8-206. Purchase at Own Sale Prohibited
§ 8-8-207. Disobedience of Process
§ 8-8-208. Service at Residence of Defendant
§ 8-8-209. Return as to Residence in Another County
§ 8-8-211. Penalty for Allowing Prisoner to Be Taken From Jail and Put to Death by Violence
§ 8-8-213. Conservator of Peace — Summoning Posse
§ 8-8-214. Delivery of Papers and Property to Successor
§ 8-8-215. Closing of Unsettled Business
§ 8-8-217. Service in Violation of § 8-8-216 Void
§ 8-8-220. Civil Actions — Sheriff May Appoint Persons to Serve Process