United States v. Smith

CAVANAH, District Judge.

This case is submitted upon the government’s demurrer to the amended complaint in intervention. The C. I. T. Corporation, intervener, is the assignee of the vendor in a conditional sale contract of the automobile in question, and the transportation of the liquor was by Smith, Hendricks, and Totterdale, who were sentenced in this court for the unlawful transportation of liquor and other violations of the National Prohibition Act. Totterdale was the purchaser of the automobile. Intervener acquired title to the automobile by reason of the default of the purchaser to…