521.880. Bond under claim for specific property. - Missouri Statutes

Bond under claim for specific property.

521.880. In a suit for the possession of specific personalproperty, the bond required of the plaintiff and that which maybe given by the defendant shall be in double the sum stated inthe affidavit as the value of the property claimed; but thedefendant or his agent may, on the taking of the property claimedor at any time before the delivery of the same to the plaintiff,demand in writing an appraisement thereof, which appraisementshall then be made in the same manner as by the law, for the timebeing, appraisement is directed to be made of property exemptfrom execution; and if such appraised value exceed the valuestated in the affidavit then such property shall not be deliveredto the plaintiff unless a new bond be given in double suchappraised value, and in other respects similar to the bondrequired of the plaintiff, by the law for the time being, beforethe delivery of property so claimed.

(RSMo 1939 § 15698)

Prior revision: 1929 § 14750