United States v. One Ford Coach Automobile

PAUL, District Judge.

The Morris Plan Bank has filed its petition for remission of forfeiture of a Ford automobile seized by officers of the government while engaged in transporting ardent spirits upon which the tax had not been paid. The petitioner asserts an interest in the automobile by virtue of a conditional contract of sale and bases its right to a remission of forfeiture on the provisions of U.S.C.A., title 27, § 40a, being section 204 of the Act of August 27, 1935, known as the Liquor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act. The facts are not in dispute, a jury has been waived, and all matters…