Section 25-10,104 - Judgment for defendant; irregularity in process or jurisdictional defect; restoration of status quo(1) The judgment in the cases mentioned in sections 25-10,102 and 25-10,103 shall be for a return of the property or the value thereof in case a return cannot be had, or the value of the possession of the same, and for damages for withholding said property and costs of suit.(2) In all instances wherein a trial of the merits of an action is prevented by reason of irregularity in process or for any jurisdictional reason, the court upon a proper showing shall be empowered to place the parties in status quo by ordering a return of the property replevied. A defendant whose property has been replevied shall be entitled to seek such relief without submitting his person to the jurisdiction of the court.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-10,104
G.S.1873, c. 57, § 7, p. 713; R.S.1913, § 7833; C.S.1922, § 8777; C.S.1929, § 20-10,104; R.S.1943, § 25-10,104; Laws 1959, c. 103, § 2, p. 428.