27-18-802. Authority of court to order sale of property. Whenever property has been taken by an officer under a writ of attachment and it is made to appear satisfactorily to the court or a judge thereof that the interest of the parties to the action will be subserved by a sale thereof, the court or judge may order such property to be sold in the same manner as property is sold under an execution and the proceeds to be deposited in the court to abide the judgment in the action.

     History: En. Sec. 437, p. 132, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 594, p. 157, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 524, p. 177, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 524, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 541, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 904, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6671, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9271, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 548; re-en. Sec. 9271, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4318.