The exoneration of the applicant surety does not affect the previous liability of any of the obligors in the original bond; nor are any of the obligors who have not joined in such application discharged from any liability accruing after the filing of such additional bond; and the obligors who are not exonerated are liable to any person injured by a breach of such bonds, in the same or separate actions.
Effect of exoneration
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-33-113, under Sureties on Bonds — Actions to Protect Interest.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-33-113