Where any deputy of a sheriff or collector shall commit any default or misconduct in office for which his principal, or the personal representative of such principal, is liable, for which a judgment or decree shall be rendered against either, such principal, or his personal representative, may, on motion, obtain a judgment against such deputy and his sureties, and their personal representatives, for the full amount for which such principal,e or his personal representatives, may be so liable, or for which such judgment or decree may have been rendered. But no judgment shall be rendered by virtue of this section forr money, for which any other judgment or decree has been previously rendered, against such deputy or his sureties or their personal representatives.
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