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29-21-108 - Duty of court Wrongful failure to grant writ.
29-21-108. Duty of court Wrongful failure to grant writ.
(a) It is the duty of the court or judge to act upon such applications instanter.
(b) A wrongful and willful refusal to grant the writ, when properly applied for, is a misdemeanor in office, besides subjecting the judge to damages at the suit of the party aggrieved.
[Code 1858, § 3729; Shan., § 5509; Code 1932, § 9679a; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1808.]
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