¶1in the charge to the Jury, delivered it as the clear opinion of the Court, that the right of pursuing and seizing goods after their removal, was confined to the goods of the Lessee, from whom the rent was really due; and that the goods of a stranger could only be distrained while they were on the premisses.
1 Dall. 440
Adams v. La Comb
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1789
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1789-06-15
REPLEVIN. The material question, on the trial of this cause, was, Whether the goods of a stranger, being removed from the premises before a distress, could be pursued and seized, within the thirty days, which the Act of Assembly allows for pursuing and seizing the goods of the Tenant? See 1 State Laws, 433, &c.
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Decided 1789-06-15
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