Thomson v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross Appeals from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action on the case brought by The Baltimore and Susquehanna Steam Company, the landlord of a lot of ground and wharf in the city of Baltimore, against William Thomson, sheriff of said city, for seizing and removing under an attachment on warrant against The Commercial Steamboat Company, certain goods and chattels of said company, being on the premises of which it was the tenant, without paying a month’s…
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Cross Appeals from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action on the case brought by The Baltimore and Susquehanna Steam Company, the landlord of a lot of ground and wharf in the city of Baltimore, against William Thomson, sheriff of said city, for seizing and removing under an attachment on warrant against The Commercial Steamboat Company, certain goods and chattels of said company, being on the premises of which it was the tenant, without paying a month’s rent due to the plaintiff as landlord, after due notice given, under the Statute of VIII Anne, ch. 14, sec. 1. The…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This is a special action on the case against a sheriff for seizing and selling the goods and chattels of a tenant under and by virtue of an attachment on warrant, and the order of the Court thereon, without paying the arrears of rent due the landlord, after due notice given under the Statute of 8 Anne, chapter 14, section 1. And the first and most material question is, can the action be maintained ?
' It is contended, on the part of the defendant, that the action does not lie against him, because the attachment proceeding under which he acted is not embraced or contemplated by the Statute on…
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