20-13-101 - Power to prosecute suits.

20-13-101. Power to prosecute suits.

The state shall commence and prosecute suits according to the laws of the land, as in cases between individuals, except that no security shall, in such case, be required.

[Code 1858, § 2806 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 139, § 2); Shan., § 4506; Code 1932, § 8633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1701.]