Beach v. McDonough

The plaintiff claims $1440, the value of two billiard tables, and damages, for being deprived of the use of them for nearly six months. The defendant denies his right to the tables, and avers, that they were in a certain house, which he had rented to one Wallace, against whom he had a judgment for the rent, and under which, and his privilege as landlord, they were *353seized and sold ; that the plaintiff knew of the seizure, and was present at the sale, and never claimed said tables, or made objection to their being sold. The facts are, that Wallace was indebted to McDonough about $650, for rent…