Judgment against surviving principal and sureties

Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1609, under Officers Charged with Delinquent Taxes.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1609

If the delinquent, or either of the delinquent's sureties, has died before the motion is made, the court shall give judgment against the sureties alone, in case of the death of the principal, or against the principal and surviving sureties on the bond, in case of the death of either of the sureties.