United States v. Thirty-Six Bottles of London Dry Gin

J. B. McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.

It can hardly be doubted, I think, that the government’s treatment of the claimant in this dispute leaves something to be desired. In .consequence of a difference of opinion between the Department of Agriculture and the claimant concerning the label now in question, the subject was discussed and considered, and in the end the Department announced distinctly that the objection of misbranding would not be taken. The claimant thereupon proceeded to use the label for nine months, when the Department changed its mind without previous warning, and, without giving the…