Brocket v. Johns

1 D.C. 100
CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia
DecidedNovember 15, 1802
StatusPublished

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Brocket v. Johns, 1 D.C. 100 (D.D.C. 1802).

Opinion

But the Court

overruled the motion to quash. The act does not confine the attachment to goods on the premises. The object of the law is to compel the tenant to give security for his rent, and it is of no importance what property is seized to produce that effect.

Kilty, C. J., contra.

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