United States v. Menier Hardware No. 1, Inc.

GRAVEN, Senior District Judge.

This litigation involves the conflicting claims of the plaintiff and the defendants, Allena Village Community Center and Border Distributing Company, to the proceeds of the sale of merchandise originally in the possession of the defendant, Menier Hardware No. 1, Inc.

The defendant, Menier Hardware No. 1, Inc., is a Texas corporation. For several years prior to March 7, 1961, and continuing up into July, 1962, it was engaged in the retail hardware business in Bexar County, Texas. It was the business lessee of the defendant, Allena Village Community Center, a Texas…