Piedmont Grocery Co. v. Hawkins

Ritz, Judge:'

The defendant was for many years the treasurer of the plaintiff, and it is alleged that during the time he was such officer, of the money coming into his hands he improperly appropriated large sums thereof to his own use, and that likewise during said time he, without authority, converted to his own use certain goods of the plaintiff. Upon the discovery of this alleged improper conduct on the part of defendant the plaintiff brought this suit in equity, and at the same time sued out an attachment against the property and effects of the defendant, upon the ground that he…