Case Name: Chairman of County Court of Claiborne County, for use of the County Trustee v. Thomas L. W. Sawyers and his Sureties
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1850-09
Citations: 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 55
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chairman of County Court of Claiborne County, for use of the County Trustee v. Thomas L. W. Sawyers and his Sureties.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported Tennessee Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 55–55

Head Matter:
Chairman of County Court of Claiborne County, for use of the County Trustee v. Thomas L. W. Sawyers and his Sureties.
PRACTICE AT LAW. — Motion against officers and Sureties. — Not. Pros.
In a motion against an officer and his sureties, a not. pros, entered as to one of the sureties is fatal to the entire motion.
This was a motion against an officer and the sureties in Ms official bond. A nolle prosequi was entered as to one of the sureties, and the motion was sought to be prosecuted against the principal and the remaining sureties. Could this be done? >-

Opinion:
McKinney, J :
A motion will not lie against part of the surties in such % ease, and the dismissal of the motion as to one of them is fatal to the whole proceeding.
Motion dismissed without prejudice.
(1) Rice v. Kirkman, 3 Humph 415, 418; Houston v. Dougherty, 4 Humph, 505, 6; Jones v. Henderson, Supra, last case; Code, 3583 et seq.