45Double damages and costs against wrongful distrainer

45 Double damages and costs against wrongful distrainer

If any distress and sale shall be made for rent pretended to be in arrear or due, where in truth no rent is in arrear or due to the person distraining, or to him in whose name or right such distress shall be taken, the owner of such goods or chattels distrained and sold, or his executors or administrators, shall and may, by action to be brought against the person so distraining, or his executors or administrators, recover double the value of the goods or chattels so distrained and sold, together with full costs of the action.