When a distress is made for rent justly due and an irregularity or unlawful act shall afterwards
be done by the party distraining, or his agent, the distress shall not therefore be deemed unlawful
nor the party making it deemed a trespasser ab initio. The party aggrieved thereby shall be
entitled to recover full satisfaction for the special damage sustained thereby, and no more.
When the plaintiff shall recover such damages, he shall be entitled to his full costs, the same as
in other cases of costs.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
2A:33-19. Actions against distrainor; double costs in certain cases
In any action brought to recover damages for an alleged wrongful distress or wrongful act
after distraint, a defendant, in whose favor judgment is rendered, shall be entitled to recover
double costs.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
2A:33-20. Distraint of property removed; bona fide purchasers
Where property of a tenant, subject to be distrained for accrued and unpaid rent, payable or to
become payable, is removed from the demised premises, the landlord may, within thirty days
next after such removal, distrain such property notwithstanding its removal, unless it shall have
been sold to a purchaser for a valuable consideration without knowledge of the landlord's right
to distrain.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
2A:33-21. Liability of tenant for removing or concealing property subject to distraint