Right of aggrieved person to commence action.

For any breach of an official bond or undertaking of any officer of this state, executor, administrator, or guardian or of any bond or undertaking given in an official capacity to the state or any officer thereof, the person aggrieved may commence an action in his own name, assigning the appropriate breach.

(Code 1852, §2154; Code 1867, §2552; Code 1876, §2917; Code 1886, §2575; Code 1896, §14; Code 1907, §2473; Code 1923, §5682; Code 1940, T. 7, §98.)