Lancaster v. Brandt

(After stating the foregoing facts.) "Where attorneys retain in their hands the money of their clients after it 'has been demanded, they are liable to rule (and otherwise) as sheriffs are, and incur the same penalties and consequences.” Code, § 9-617. The provision for a rule against an attorney at law is -penal in nature, and must be strictly construed. Haygood v. Haden, 119 Ga. 463 (46 S. E. 625); Clark v. Hilliard, 19 Ga. App. 514 (3) (91 S. E. 926) ; Commons v. Ross, 44 Ga. App. 182 (160 S. E. 679). Code § 9-617, strictly construed, refers to money -the title to which is in the client. In…