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Where any person, not being a defaulter or responsible for a defaulter, claims a right to the property attached and the officer who made the attachment, notwithstanding, causes the same to be sold, such claimant, on proof of such right in any Civil Court of competent jurisdiction and in the event of the said officer being unable to prove the responsibility for the arrear of public revenue due on land, on account of which the property has been sold, shall recover from such officer the full value of such property, with interest, cost of process and damages according to the circumstances of the case.