Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-6-136: Actions after attachment of debt or effects

If, after the service upon any person of a copy of the bill, or levy of the attachment at law upon debts or effects in such person's hands, any person should pay the debt, or secrete the effects, or purchase in any other claim against the defendant, that person shall be liable to the same extent as before the payment, secreting, or purchase.