(a) If judgment is rendered in the action for the defendant, the attachment shall be discharged, and the property attached or its proceeds shall be returned to him or her.
(b) In all actions of attachment in which the defendant shall recover for the discharge of the attachment, the court or jury trying the attachment shall assess the damages sustained by the defendant by reason of the attachment, and the court shall render judgment against the plaintiff and his or her sureties in the attachment bond for the amount of the damages and cost of the attachment.