Hasty v. Grimes

The sole question for this court to determine is whether or not the trial court erred in denying the rule absolute and discharging Sheriff Grimes. Counsel for the plaintiff call our attention to Code §§ 24-206 and 9-606. Code § 24-206 reads as follows: “If any sheriff, coroner, justice of the peace, constable, clerk of the superior court, or attorney at law shall fail, upon application, to pay to the proper person or his attorney any money he may have in his hands, which he may have collected by virtue of his office, the party entitled thereto or his attorney *149may serve said officer with a…