Section 11-9-109 - Person appointed to execute process

In cases of emergency, and where a constable or sheriff or deputy sheriff cannot be had in time, the clerk of the justice court may appoint some reputable person to execute any process, the clerk to be liable on his bond for all damage which may result to a party to the cause or other person from his appointment of an insolvent or incompetent person.Codes, 1857, ch. 58, art. 11; 1871, § 1311; 1880, § 2199; 1892, § 2403; 1906, § 2732; Hemingway's 1917, § 2231; 1930, § 2080; 1942, § 1814; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 26; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28, made eff. 1/1/1984, or, with respect to a given county, from and after such earlier date as the county appoints a justice court clerk pursuant to § 9-11-27.