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2 F. Cas. 465

Baker v. Jeffers

U.S. District Court

Decided March 15, 1836

U.S. District Court · decided 1836-03-15

Replevin [by Thomas Baker against Jeffers and Gideon.] Cognizance as bailiffs of Mrs. McGunnigle for rent-arrear; plea, an eviction by the landlady of a ten pin alley. prayed the court to instruct the jury, in effect, that an eviction from a part of the premises suspends the payment of the rent. 1 Tuck. Bl. Comm. 27; 1 Saund. 204, note 7.

Decided 1836-03-15

THE COURT

¶1(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent) instructed the jury that if they should be satisfied by the evidence that the landlady, Mrs. McGunnigle, evicted the plaintiff from a part of the demised premises, she. cannot recover in this action; because, if, at the time of the distress she was only entitled to an apportionment of the rent, and not to the whole rent, she had no right to dis-train, but must resort to her action for use and occupation; and if it was not a case in which she was entitled to an apportionment, she cannot recover in any form of action.

¶2Verdict for the plaintiff, and $50 damages.

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