Atlanta Finance Co. v. Lunsford

1. Where an employee, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, sells, transfers, and assigns his title and right to possession of a stipulated amount of salary due him by his employer, and thereafter, in disregard of the rights of the transferee, collects the money thus transferred, a right of action arises in favor of the transferee against the employee. Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. King, 137 Ga. 369 (1) (73 S. E. 632); Covington v. Rosenbusch, 148 Ga. 459 (1) (97 S. E. 78).

2. While in every ease an action of trover may lie in favor of the owner of personalty wrongfully converted by…