Case ID: dc_2/html/0160-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

George Johnson v. Isaac Owens.
    A distress for rent, laid on the last day of the term, at noon, is too soon,
    Replevin. Distress for rent, laid on the last day of the term, at noon. ,
    
    
      Mr. Key, for the defendant,
    contended, that although the original taking might be unlawful, yet that the distress must be considered as made on the next day, when the goods were appraised; but
   The Court

(nem. con.) said it was to be considered as one act; the distress was in fact made on the 19th, the last day of the term, which was too soon.