If a garnishee admit an indebtedness not then due, execution shall be stayed until its maturity; and if he admit the possession of goods or chattels of the defendant, such goods or chattels shall be delivered to the sheriff; but, in attachment cases, the garnishee may replevy the property by giving a bond for the same, as the defendant in attachment may do, and subject to the same proceedings and liabilities.Codes, 1857, ch. 52, art. 27; 1871, § 1444; 1880, § 2445; 1892, § 2141; 1906, § 2348; Hemingway's 1917, § 1943; 1930, § 1849; 1942, § 2801.
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