The principal contractor may, upon receiving the notice provided for in § 65-10-105, be relieved, if sued, by paying the sum claimed into court, which payment into court shall discharge the principal contractor from liability to the subcontractor for the amount so paid into court; and thereupon the subcontractor shall be summoned to answer the demand of the claimant, and such judgment shall be rendered thereon as the right may appear.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-10-110
Payment into court by principal contractor
Acts 1883, ch. 220, § 4; Shan., § 3579; Code 1932, § 8001; T.C.A
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