Lindley v. Miller

It appears that appellant had rented a farm of appellee, and lived on it with his family, and cultivated it. The lease expired March 1, 1871, and the last installment of rent fell due on the first day of the previous February, but was not paid when due. After the maturity of the rent, and before the expiration of the term, appellee issued and placed in the hands of a bailiff, a landlord’s warrant, to distrain for the rent. The writ was executed by seizing and removing the property described in the writ of replevin. In executing the warrant, and driving away the horses and cattle levied upon,…