Albrecht vs Grebe – clr volume 3 page 059

In the case between the judgment-creditor (plaintiff) and W. A. Grebe (defendant), with the Postmaster-General involved as the custodian of contested funds, the court addressed the issue of whether Rs. 1,000 deposited with a public officer as security for an employee (the execution-debtor) should be brought into court for execution under section 232 of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that the money, being in the custody of the Postmaster-General but clearly the property of the execution-debtor, must be paid into court to enable proper adjudication of any claims, including those of the Crown. The decision reaffirmed the principle that funds held by a public officer as security for an employee are, subject to any lawful claims, liable to seizure in execution of a decree against the emp