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3 Pennyp. 406

McLean v. McCaffrey

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · decided 1883-01-17

1, of Philadelphia County. ' Replevin for goods distrained for rent in arrear, by John N. McLean against John McCaffrey, landlord, and Charles Bregler, bailiff. Upon the trial in the court below, the following facts appeared: That the rent being due, the defendant distrained upon certain goods of the plaintiff on January 5, 1881; that the appraisement was made on January 10, 1881, and that the goods were advertised to be sold on January 16,1881.

Decided 1883-01-17

— Per Curiam :

¶1The appraisement made on the fifth day from the day of the distress was premature. A subsequent sale of the property would have been illegal, and the defendants would thereby have become trespassers. No trespass was committed at the time the distress was made. The rent was then due and unpaid. The property was distrained in a lawful and regular manner. Without any sale being made, and merely by reason of the premature appraisement, the defendants did not become trespassers, ab initio. The judgment on the reserved point was, therefore, right.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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