Dobbins's Distillery v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Clifford
delivered the opinion of the court. '
Judicial proceedings in rem, to enforce a forfeiture, cannot in general be properly instituted until the property inculpated is previously seized by the executive authority, as it is the preliminary seizure of the property that brings the samé within the reach of such legal process. The Schooner Anne, 9 Cranch, 289.
Due executive seizure was made in this case of the distillery, and of the real and-personal , property used in connection with the same; and the information in due form was subsequently filed praying for process, and that…
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