Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-2-117: Judgment for trustee against clerk or judge

If any clerk or judge fails or refuses to pay to the county trustee any county money collected by such clerk or judge, the county trustee may proceed, by motion in the circuit court of the county, and the court shall give judgment against such clerk or judge and the sureties of such clerk or judge for the penalty of the bond, and award execution.