Any person having the possession or control of a particular article of personal property, of which he is not the owner, may be compelled specifically to deliver it to the person entitled to its immediate possession.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1993; CL 1887, § 4626; RCivC 1903, § 2338; RC 1919, § 2009; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4608.