Bupp v. Veasey

Citations

• 29 Del. 366
• 6 Boyce 366
• 100 A. 327
• 1917 Del. LEXIS 7

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant—Wrongful Distress—Action—Statute.</p> <p>An action in debt, under Rev. Code 1915, § 4571, for double the value of property distrained and sold for rent demanded when no rent was in arrears, can be maintained only by the tenant or by a person whose property was on the demised premises at the time the distress was levied; u the property of any other person should be distrained, his remedy is at common / law, and not under the statute, which is cumulative.</p>