United States v. One Cadillac Eight Automobile
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Forfeiture. Libel by United States for forfeiture of Cadillac Eight Automobile, alleged to have been used in transporting intoxicating liquor from Kentucky into Tennessee. Answer by claimant, W. B. Winter, incorporating defense in the nature of demurrer to the libel.
1Opinion of the Court
SANFORD, District Judge.
[1] The answer of the claimant in effect incorporates a demurrer to the lihel. This has been argued by counsel, with the understanding that technical questions of pleading are waived, and that the question submitted for determination is whether, on the face of the libel, a case is made out for the forfeiture of the automobile in question.
The libel alleges that the automobile was used in transporting intoxicating liquor from Kentucky into Tennessee in violation of section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1917, c. 162, 39 Stat. 1058, 1069 (Comp. St. 1918, §§ 8739a,…
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