1-15-419. When garnishee is mortgagee or pledgee.
When any personal property, choses in action or effects of the defendant in the hands of the garnishee are mortgaged or pledged, or in any way liable for the payment of a debt to the garnishee, the plaintiff may obtain an order from the court authorizing the plaintiff to pay the amount due the garnishee, and requiring the garnishee to deliver the personal property, choses in action and effects, to the officer serving the writ of prejudgment or post judgment garnishment upon payment to the garnishee of the amount due him by the plaintiff.