Case No. 12,657.

SEMMES v. SPRIGG.

[4 Cranch, C. C. 292.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

March Term, 1833.

LANDLORD AND TENANT—RENT—DISTRESS—APPRAISEMENT.

Messrs. Turner and Redin, for plaintiff.

Messrs. Key and Dunlop, for defendant.

THE COURT (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent) decided that the appraisement, made at the time of levying the distress, is prima facie evidence of the value of the goods distrained.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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