United States v. National Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia. The following is the opinion of the Circuit Court, by Newman, District Judge: In this case it appears that B. F. Witt was a registered distiller, and the National Surety Company of New York was surety on his distiller’s bond.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia. The following is the opinion of the Circuit Court, by Newman, District Judge: In this case it appears that B. F. Witt was a registered distiller, and the National Surety Company of New York was surety on his distiller’s bond. The government seized Witt’s distillery, and in the distillery warehouse were 10 packages of distilled spirits, containing 416«/i0 gallons, the tax upon which, at $1.10 a gallon, was $45S.26. After the seizure of the distillery, an assessment was made against Witt for distilled…
1Per curiam
This is an action on a distiller’s bond, conditioned as follows: “If the said Benjamin F. Witt shall, in all respects, faithfully comply with all the provisions of law relating to the duties and business of distillers, and shall pay all penalties incurred or fines imposed on him for a violation of any of the said provisions, and shall not suffer the lot or tract of land on which the distillery stands, or any part thereof, or any of the distilling apparatus, to be incumbered by mortgage, judgment or other lien, during the time in which he shall carry on said business, then this obligation…
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