Legal Opinion

United States v. Distillery

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided August 12, 1873PublishedCited by 4 opinions

[In error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York., [This was a suit by the United States to forfeit the distillery at Spring Valley, New York, for violation of the internal revenue acts. In the district court there was a verdict for the claimant. Case unreported. The plaintiff then brought error.]

1Opinion of the Court

WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.

The distillery at Spring Valley, in Rockland county, New York, with the land on which it stands, and certain land used for ingress to and egress from the same, and, also, the stills and other apparatus, tools, implements, and instruments used, fit and intended for use, in the distillation of spirits, were, together with certain distilled spirits and raw materials for distillation, seized, on the 22d of January, 1873, for alleged violations of the internal revenue laws relating to distillers, distillation, and the taxes, &e., imposed thereon. Upon such seizure, the…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dobbins's Distillery v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Finance SEC. Co. v. ConwaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  3. Heidritter v. Elizabeth Oil-Cloth Co.United States Circuit Court · 1881
  4. United States v. LoebU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1882

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