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Adams v. La Comb

Adams v. La Comb, 1 U.S. 440 (Pa. 1789)
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Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · State Highest Courts
Decided
June 15, 1789
Judges
Shippen
Citations
1 U.S. 440
Headnotes
Distress. The goods of a stranger can be distrained for rent, only while on the premises.1
Summary
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 Sm. L. 370.)

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Opinion of the Court — Shippen

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Shippen, President,

in 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 premises, (c)

See Gracevel v. Shiy, 12 S. & R. 217; Hobbs v. Geiss, 13 Id. 417; Waters v. McClellan, 4 Dall. 208 .

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1933: 12019: 119332026peak 1933 · 1

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  1. Opinions of the Justices172 S.E. 474 (N.C. 1933)
  2. Skelly v. U.S. Department of EducationNo. 3:19-cv-01812 (S.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2019)

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  1. Skelly v. U.S. Department of EducationNo. 3:19-cv-01812 (S.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2019)
  2. Opinions of the Justices172 S.E. 474 (N.C. 1933)

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Water's Executors v. McLellan, 4 U.S. (4 Dall.) 208 (1800) 3

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