2A:33-17. Wrongful distress and sale for rent; remedy

2A:33-17. Wrongful distress and sale for rent; remedy
If a distress and sale shall be made for rent not in fact due the person distraining or for whom the distress is taken, the owner of the property distrained, shall be entitled to recover double the value of the property so distrained and sold, together with full costs of any action.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:33-18. Wrongful acts after distraint for rent; remedy; damages
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.