The defendant may, at any time during the pendency of the suit, take to his own use the money raised by such sale, upon giving bond to the plaintiff with surety to the satisfaction of the judge who ordered such sale, or of the court before which the action is pending, if then in session, to refund the same in the event of final judgment rendered against him, to be disposed of in satisfaction of such judgment as hereinbefore provided.
Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 52-298
(1949 Rev., S. 8041; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 183.)