The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, J.
This appeal questions the validity of statutes permitting a landlord to distrain the goods of a commercial tenant for unpaid rent. N.J.S.A. 2A:33-1 to -23. Specifically, the appeal presents two issues. The first issue is whether distraint by a municipal constable at the request of a landlord invokes the protection of due process accorded by the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution. Implicit...
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