Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Rapley
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 11, 1872PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
82 U.S. 328 (1872)
15 Wall. 328
FOWLER
v.
RAPLEY.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. Enoch Totten, for the plaintiff in error.
Messrs. T.J. Miller and R.T. Merrick, contra.
2Opinion of the Court · CliffordJustice Clifford
Congress, on the twenty-second of February, 1867, abolished the power previously claimed and exercised as of common right by every landlord in this District, of seizing by his own authority the personal chattels of his tenant for rent arrear, and instead of it, provided that the landlord shall have a tacit lien upon such of the tenant's personal chattels upon the premises as are subject to execution for debt, to commence with the…
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