27-17-310. Answer of defendant claiming third person entitled to property. The defendant may, by answer, defend on the ground that a third person was entitled to the property, without connecting himself with the latter's title.

     History: En. Sec. 858, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6640, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9238, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9238, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4119.