The plaintiff lent a piano-forte to W, in whose hands it was seized under a distress for rent. While the lancllorcl’s bailiff remained iii possession by W.’s consent, a fieri facias against W, at the suit of another creditor, was put into the premises, and the officer seized the piano forte, and removed it to the premises of the defendant, an auctioneer, for sale : Held, that the plaintiff’ (after demarid arid refusal to deliver it) was entitled to recover it from the defendant in trover.
Citations:
[1846] EngR 407, (1846) 15 M and W 212, (1846) 153 ER 826
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Torts – Other
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.302302
