Subdivision 5.—Proceedings upon Attachment.
Attachment discharged upon execution of undertaking.Sect. 209. If the defendant, or any other person on his behalf, at any time before judgment, cause an undertaking to be executed to the plaintiff by one or more sureties, resident in the county, to be approved by the court, in double the amount of the plaintiff's claim as stated in his affidavit, to the effect that the defendant shall perform the judgment of the court, the attachment in such action shall be discharged, and restitution made of any property taken under it, or the proceeds thereof. Such undertaking shall also discharge the liability of a garnishee in such action for any property of the defendant in his hands.
Undertaking, how executed.Sect. 210. The undertaking mentioned in the last section, may, in vacation, be executed in the presence of the sheriff having the order of attachment in his hands, or, after the return of the order, before the clerk, with the same effect as if executed in court; the sureties in either case to be approved by the officer before whom the undertaking is executed.
When garnishee shall appear.Sect. 211. The garnishee shall appear as follows: If the order of attachment be returned during a term of court, he shall appear at that term; if the order be returned during vacation, he shall appear at the term next after its return. He shall appear and answer, under oath, all the questions put to him touching the property of every description and credits of the defendant, in his possession or under his control, and he shall disclose truly the amount owing by him to the defendant, whether due or not, and in case of a corporation, any stock therein held by or for the benefit of the defendant at or after the service of notice.
Privileges of garnishee.Sect. 212. A garnishee may pay the money owing to the defendant by him, to the sheriff having the order of attachment, or into court. He shall be discharged from liability to the defendant, for any money so paid, not exceeding the plaintiff's claim. He shall not be subjected to costs beyond those caused by his resistance of the claim against him; and if he disclose the property in his hands or the true amount owing by him, and deliver or pay the same according to the order of the court, he shall be allowed his costs.
If garnishee do not appear.Sect. 213. If the garnishee do not appear in court and answer, as required by section two hundred and eleven, the court may proceed against him by attachment as for a contempt.
