Puckett v. Walker

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

O. H. Puckett, appointed clerk of the municipal court of Atlanta in 1917, continued in office until his death in 1937. During his administration private funds would be paid into court by private parties in garnishment and other cases, to await disposition by the court. The funds on being received by Puckett would be deposited by him in bank in one general checking account to the credit of “O. H. Puckett, Clerk.” In that name he would draw against that account in favor of the individual party as directed in each case. The deposits accumulated to the extent that…