The clerk who fails to make such endorsement is liable for costs, in the event judgment is against the party suing out the scire facias.
Code 1858, § 3580 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 18, § 3); Shan., § 5344; Code 1932, § 9504; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2504.