Godat v. McCarthy

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a proceeding to recover possession of intoxicating liquor seized from the plaintiff by the prohibition officers, and now in the possession of the federal prohibition director for this state. The facts are as follows:

The prohibition officers, accompanied by local police, demanded ad*690mission into a closed and locked garage hired by the plaintiff. This demand was made in the absence of the plaintiff upon the general caretaker of the premises. By direction of the landlord, he admitted the officers by means of a pass key. In the garage the officers found an automobile…