Legal Opinion
United States v. Automobile Financing, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1938No. 8753PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Proceeding under Sec. 40a Title 27 U. S.C.A. the Financing Company sought the remission from forfeiture of a Ford automobile, seized while removing and concealing nontax paid liquor, in violation of Sec. 3450, Rev.St., 26 U.S.C.A. § 1441. Its claim was, as the innocent owner and holder in good faith of purchase money notes and lien on .the car, given by one William Robert Jenkins, a person without record or reputation of violating either State or Federal liquor laws.
The United States opposed the remission on the ground that Jenkins was not the real, but only the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Richbourg Motor Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- United States v. CIT CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- United States v. One 1936 Model Ford V-8 De Luxe CoachCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
- CIT Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- United States v. One 1935 Dodge Rack-Body Truck, Motor No. T-13-6444 License 138-957Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. One 1936 Model Ford V-8 De Luxe Coach, Commercial Credit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Universal Credit Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- United States v. One 1939 Model De Soto Coupe, Motor No. S6-27,687Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- Aetna Finance Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Beaudry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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