If there be no statement of the commissioner, a judgment nisi shall be rendered for the penalty of the bond, and the defendant may have an issue made up to prove the amount due, and judgment final shall be given for such amount.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1608, under Officers Charged with Delinquent Taxes.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1608
If there be no statement of the commissioner, a judgment nisi shall be rendered for the penalty of the bond, and the defendant may have an issue made up to prove the amount due, and judgment final shall be given for such amount.