Manufacturers' Finance Co. v. United States

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This case is here on writ of error to the police court from an order sustaining the seizure of an automobile which was used in transporting intoxicating liquor.

It appears from an agreed statement of facts that one Moss, a salesman for the Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Company, was approached by a bootlegger to purchase the automobile in question. Knowing that he could not put the sale through in the name of the purchaser and thereby secure bis commission, he forged the name of an acquaintance of good reputation on a conditional sale eo'ntract and note, which he…