Upon the trial of claims to property which may be pending in the court, when damages are found by the jury, the damages shall be assessed upon the whole amount then due upon the execution when the value of the property in dispute exceeds the amount of the execution and upon the value of the property when the value of the property is less than the execution levied.
(Laws 1821, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 534; Code 1863, § 3664; Code 1868, § 3688; Code 1873, § 3742; Code 1882, § 3742; Civil Code 1895, § 4627; Civil Code 1910, § 5173; Code 1933, § 39-907.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 22 Am. Jur. 2d, Damages, § 473 et seq.
C.J.S.- 25 C.J.S., Damages, § 118 et seq.