Werner v. Ropiequet

Citations

• 44 Ill. 522

Syllabus

<p>Distbess bob bent—warrant for—cannot issue after six months from the time of termination of lease. By the act of 1857, the common law relative to proceedings for distress for rent is so modified, as to authorize distress to be made for the period only of six months after the expiration of the lease; and, where a distress warrant issues more than six months after rent has become due, and the lease terminated, and the demised premises abandoned, such warrant is without authority of law, is null and void, and affords no protection to the officer levying it.</p>