Legal Opinion
United States v. One Reo Coupé Automobile
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 13, 1931No. 4216PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
On an information the government seeks a forfeiture under title 19, U. S. Code, §§ 482 and 483, 19 USCA §§ 482, 483 (R. S. §§ 3061, 3062), of a Reo eoupé.
The C. I. T. Corporation, claiming to be the owner of the legal title to the automobile, has filed an intervening petition and claim and asks to have the libel dismissed. It contends that upon the facts of the ease forfeiture proceeding can only be ha,d under section 26 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Aet (27 USCA § 40).
I find the facts to be as follows:
The coupé had been sold, to one Louis Broyer under a…
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