Section 19-25-7 - Remedy on joint and several; officer's liability first fixed

The remedy upon sheriff's bond shall be joint and several against all or any one or more of the obligors. In all suits thereon against the surety or sureties, the liability of the sheriff shall be first fixed, except when the sheriff is a party to the suit, has died or removed or is not found.Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 114; 1871, § 220; 1880, § 325; 1892, § 4111; 1906, § 4663; Hemingway's 1917, § 3080; 1930, § 3309; 1942, § 4234.