Legal Opinion
Cooper v. One White Model 1950 Motor Tractor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 3, 1953No. 40966PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
This is a summary proceeding — an action in rem for the forfeiture of a specific instrumentality of carriage of contraband cigarettes from the State of Missouri to the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. The charge is an evasion and violation of the revenue laws of the State of Louisiana. The situs of the evasion was in the City of New Orleans, where the offending truck was located and the seizure was made.
The trial judge made the rule absolute and the truck and trailer were confiscated. The owner of the vehicle has appealed from the adverse judgment.
The Fruehauf Trailer Company…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Van Oster v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Fireside Mut. Life Ins. v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Supervisor of Public Accounts v. SchillingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Cooper v. One White Model 1950 Motor TractorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. ManuelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Baudoin v. FonsecaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977