Snyder v. Hitt

Two questions are presented in this case :—

First. Can a landlord distrain, for rent due- by bis tenant, goods in the tenant’s possession, but which are under a bona fide mortgage to another person ?

Second. Can a mortgagee of a chattel maintain trover for a conversion of it by a stranger, whilst it was in tire possession of the mortgagor ?

First. A bona fide mortgagee is, both before and after forfeiture, deemed a purchaser. A tenant may, during his term, sell his goods and chattels, and the purchaser may hold them in defiance of any lien claimed by the landlord, as resulting to him, by law,…