such receiver; but in such actions no right of defence shall be impaired or affected.
Same.Sect. 205. Such receiver shall forthwith give notice of his appointment to the persons indebted to the defendant in attachment. The notice shall be written or printed, and shall be served on the debtor or debtors, by copy personally, or by copy left at the residence, and from the date of such service, the debtors shall stand liable to the plaintiff in attachment for the amount of moneys and credits in their hands, or due from them to the defendant in attachment, and shall account therefor to the receiver.
Subject to order of court.Sect. 206. Such receiver shall, when required, report his proceedings to the court, and hold all moneys collected by him, and property which may come into his hands, subject to the order of the court.
When receiver not appointed, officer to act as such.Sect. 207. Where a receiver is not appointed by the court or a judge thereof, as provided in section two hundred and three, the sheriff or other officer attaching the property shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of a receiver appointed by the court or a judge, and may, if necessary, commence and maintain actions in his own name as such officer. He may be required to give security, other than his official undertaking.
Court may make orders for preservation of property.Sect. 208. The court shall make proper orders for the preservation of the property, during the pendency of the suit. It may direct a sale of property, when, because of its perishable nature or the costs of keeping it, a sale will be for the benefit of the parties. In vacation, such sale may be ordered by the judge of the court. The sale shall be public, after such advertisement as is prescribed for the sale of like property on execution, and shall be made in such manner, and upon such terms of credit, with security, as the court [or] judge, having regard to the probable duration of the action, may direct. The proceeds, if collected by the sheriff, with all the moneys received by him from garnishees, shall be held and paid over by him, under the same requirement and responsibilities of himself and sureties, as are provided in respect to money deposited in lieu of bail.
