Tender of value if property dead or destroyed.

If any of the property so replevied should die or be destroyed without fault or negligence on the part of the person in possession before the day for the delivery thereof, the obligors in the bond may tender the value to the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney; and, if such tender is refused, such obligors may obtain relief by a stay of execution.

(Code 1852, §2539; Code 1867, §2967; Code 1876, §3292; Code 1886, §2966; Code 1896, §557; Code 1907, §2957; Code 1923, §6205; Code 1940, T. 7, §878.)