An attorney is not in any case liable under § 16-18-23, provided he gives sufficient security that he will pay over the whole or any portion thereof to the claimant, when he is found entitled thereto.

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Source: PolC 1877, ch 18, § 19; CL 1887, § 480; RPolC 1903, § 707; RC 1919, § 5270; SDC 1939, § 13.1257.