If any attorney at law receiving money for his client refuses or fails to pay the money over on demand, the attorney at law may be proceeded against in a summary way on motion before the circuit court, either in the county in which he may reside or in the county in which he received the money. The court shall render judgment against him for the amount of money received by the attorney at law for the use of his client, with costs, and he shall be further dealt with as the court may deem just under the provisions of this subchapter.Rev. Stat., ch. 15, § 11; C. & M. Dig., § 609; Pope's Dig., § 649; A.S.A. 1947, § 25-305.
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