FOWLER v. RAPLEY


82 U.S. 328 (1872)

15 Wall. 328

FOWLER v. RAPLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Enoch Totten, for the plaintiff in error:

Messrs. T.J. Miller and R.T. Merrick, contra:


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Congress, on the twenty-second of February, 1867, abolished the power previously claimed and exercised as of common right by every landlord in this District, of seizing by his own authority the personal chattels of his tenant for rent arrear, and instead of it, provided that the landlord shall have a tacit lien upon such of the...

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