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Case No. 174.
    ALEXANDER v. THOMAS.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 92.]1
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    April Term, 1802.
    Landlord and Tenant — Distress for Rent — Replevin Bond — Marshal’s Commission.
    The marshal’s commission of five per cent, may be included in a replevin bond for [goods •distrained for] rent.
    At law.
    Motion for judgment given on a replevin bond for goods distrained for rent.
    Mr. Taylor, for the defendant, objected that the bond included the marshal’s commission of five per cent.
   But THE COURT were of opinion that the commission ought to be so included. Act of Assembly, Rev. Code, 228, 338; Act 1800, p. 10.