Section 20. Action upon official bond or undertaking  


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  • Where a public
      officer is required to give an official bond or undertaking, and special
      provision is not made  by  law  for  the  prosecution  of  the  bond  or
      undertaking,  by or for the benefit of a person who has sustained by his
      default, delinquency or misconduct, an injury, for  which  the  sureties
      upon  the  bond  or  undertaking are liable, such a person may apply for
      leave to prosecute such official bond or undertaking.  Such  application
      shall  be made to the supreme court except as otherwise provided in this
      article.