Case Name: SEMMES v. SPRIGG
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1833-03
Citations: 21 F. Cas. 1060
Docket Number: 
Parties: SEMMES v. SPRIGG.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 21
Pages: 1060–1060

Head Matter:
Case No. 12,657.
SEMMES v. SPRIGG.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 292.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1833.
Landlord and Tenant — Rent — Distress — Ap-praisement.
Messrs. Turner and Redin, for plaintiff.
Messrs. Key and Dunlop, for defendant

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
decided that the appraisement, made
at the time of levying the distress, is prima facie evidence of the value of the goods dis-trained.