Terms Used In Tennessee Code 5-1-106

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Suits for the use and benefit of any county in this state against any delinquent officer or such officer’s sureties, for moneys or funds due such county, shall be brought in the name of the state of Tennessee, for the use of the county for the benefit of which such suit may be brought.