The county surveyor is liable on the surveyor's official bond for any damages done by a wrongful survey or plat. The surveyor and the sureties on such official bond shall be liable for all malfeasance and nonfeasance of the surveyor's deputy in office, to the same extent and in the same manner as a sheriff is liable for the acts of the sheriff's deputy.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-12-115
Liability for wrongful survey — Acts of deputy
Code 1858, § 441; Acts 1873, ch. 9, § 3; Shan., § 540; Code 1932, § 792; T.C.A
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