§ 2736 -   Penalty for not paying to creditor

§ 2736. Penalty for not paying to creditor

An officer who, on demand, does not pay to the creditor in an execution, his agent or attorney, such sums of money as he receives on the execution, shall forfeit to the person to whose use he received the same, fifteen per cent interest thereon, so long as he detains it after demand, to be recovered in an action of tort on this statute.