Kessler v. M'Conachy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county. Frederick Kessler, ’ brought an action of replevin against James M‘Conachy for one stove of the value of twenty-five dollars. The defendant avowed for rent in arrear. The plaintiff replied, 1. No rent in arrear: 2. Non demisit. 3. If-a lease, the tenant was evicted by the landlord before the expiration of the lease, 4. That the article replevied is the property of the plaintiff, and not of John Bomhaugh, the tenant.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county. Frederick Kessler, ’ brought an action of replevin against James M‘Conachy for one stove of the value of twenty-five dollars. The defendant avowed for rent in arrear. The plaintiff replied, 1. No rent in arrear: 2. Non demisit. 3. If-a lease, the tenant was evicted by the landlord before the expiration of the lease, 4. That the article replevied is the property of the plaintiff, and not of John Bomhaugh, the tenant. Several bills of exceptions were taken on the trial. The first was to the admission of the record of David Milliken, Esq., a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
We agree with the Court of Common Pleas, S( That the property of a stranger, found on the premises, is liable to distress by the landlord.” And this on the authority of O’Donnel v. Seybert, 13 Serg. & Rawle, 57. Weidel v. Roseberry, 13 Serg. & Rawle, 180, grounded on the principles of the common law; and, as we think, the proper construction of the act of the 1st of March, 1772, entitled an act for the sale of goods distrained for rent, &c.
Where the goods of a stranger are taken for rent, the tenant will be liable over, and the measure of…
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