§ 78.11

78.11 Writ; execution on property changing possession.—If the property to be replevied is in the possession of defendant at the time of the issuance of the writ, and passes into the possession of a third person before the execution of the writ, the officer holding the writ shall execute it on the property in the possession of the third person and shall serve the writ on defendant and the third person, and the action with proper amendments, shall proceed against the third person.History.—RS 1717; GS 2181; RGS 3486; CGL 5339; s. 28, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 73-20.