Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-19-16. Liability of Attorneys

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.
History. Laws 1822, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 578; Code 1863, § 381; Code 1868, § 442; Code 1873, § 407; Code 1882, § 407; Civil Code 1895, § 4416; Civil Code 1910, § 4954; Code 1933, § 9-617.