In all foreclosure of liens on personalty in which the property levied on is replevied and in which verdicts are found for the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs shall be granted judgments against the defendants and their securities in the same manner and with the same effect as in cases of appeal.
(Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 110, § 1; Code 1882, § 1991; Civil Code 1895, § 2817; Civil Code 1910, § 3367; Code 1933, § 67-2402.)