52-1-8 - Official bonds -- Actions on -- Parties.
52-1-8. Official bonds -- Actions on -- Parties.
When a public officer by official misconduct or neglect of duty shall forfeit his officialbond or render his sureties liable thereon, any person injured by such misconduct or neglect, orwho is by law entitled to the benefit of the security, may maintain an action thereon in his ownname against the officer and his sureties to recover the amount to which he may by reason thereofbe entitled.
No Change Since 1953