§ 12-856. Receiver entitled to possession of property.

The court or judge may order the delivery, to the receiver, by the judgment debtor, or any other person in whose possession the same may be, of any notes, bills, accounts, contracts, books or other evidence of indebtedness or right in action, of the judgment debtor, and may enforce such order by attachment, as for a contempt.

R.L. 1910, § 5204.