asked him if he owed any money to the company."
Record at 95. Casselman told Wofford of his filing for bankruptcy and asked Wofford to contact Casselman's attorney. Instead, Wofford began to read the text of the writ. At that time, according to Wofford, Casselman "started hollering at me and yelling at me and stating to see his lawyer and to get out of there." Record at 96. When Wofford continued to read, Casselman tried to close the door. Wofford "reached for the door to try to stop him from closing it." Casselman pushed Wofford away but Wofford "grabbed the door again, reached in, stuck [his] left front leg in to try to keep the door open." After a shoving and grabbing match, Casselman retreated into his house. Woffordupon that person.)
A variation of this theme appears in Miller v. U.S. (1958), 357 U.S. 301, 78 S.Ct. 1190, 2 L.Ed.2d 1332. There, the United States Supreme Court held it was unlawful to arrest Miller on criminal charges when the arrest was effected by police officers, without a warrant, breaking and entering Miller's apartment without expressly announcing the purpose of their presence or demanding admission. In outlining the historical perspective for its holding, the Court said:
"From earliest days, the common law drastically limited the authority of law officers to break the door of a house to effect an arrest. Such action invades the precious interest of privacy summed up in the ancient adage that a man's house is his castle. As early as the 13th Year-book of Edward