Legal Opinion

Beall v. White

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1877No. 185PublishedCited by 57 opinions

Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifeoed

Landlords leasing real property in this District have a tacit lien upon such of the personal chattels of the tenant upon the premises as are subject to execution for debt, commencing with the tenancy, and continuing for three months after the rent is due, and until the termination of any action for such rent brought within said three months. 14 Stat. 404 ; Fowler v. Rapley, 15 Wall. 328; Webb v. Sharp, 13 id. 14.

Sufficient appears to show that the executors of Alpheus Middleton, deceased, and Benjamin Beall, the owner of the other undivided half, on the 5th of March, 1867, leased the hotel at…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Dunham v. Cincinnati, P., & CR Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1864
  2. Teese v. HuntingdonSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
  3. Burton v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  4. Robertson v. BullionsNew York Supreme Court · 1850
  5. Amory v. KannoffskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Zartman v. First National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  2. Gray v. Kaufman Dairy & Ice Cream Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
  3. Iowa Waste Systems, Inc. v. Buchanan CountyCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2000
  4. Gray v. Freights of the KateDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1894
  5. Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. v. Sherman Hotel Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1891

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