If a defendant, at any time before answering shall make and filean affidavit stating that the defendant has a good defense in whole or in part, the plaintiff, or party bringing the action or proceeding, ifthe plaintiff or party is a nonresident of this state, or a private or foreign corporation, before any other proceedings in the action, must filein the clerk’s office a bond with sureties to be approved by the clerk, in an amount to be fixed by the court, for the payment of allcosts which may legally be adjudged against plaintiff. [R60, §3442; C73, §2927; C97, §3847; S13, §3847; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11245; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §621.1]
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