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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-18 > Chapter-1 > Part-3 > 18-1-30318-1-303. Proof of improper conduct of office.
The failure to pay over money collected officially, incapacity, neglect of duty and misbehavior in office may be shown by the record of a suit, by motion, or otherwise founded upon one (1) of the causes, and decided adversely to the clerk; or charges may be exhibited to the court, in writing, by any person, and satisfactorily established by proof, the clerk having a right to be heard in defense, and to an appeal, as in other cases.
[Code 1858, § 4063; Shan., § 5878; Code 1932, § 10078; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-121.]
