One International Harvester Co. Truck v. Commonwealth

The International Harvester Company of America, Incorporated, lienor here, complains of a judgment forfeiting to the Commonwealth one of its International motor trucks, seized in Brunswick county, Virginia, when transporting ardent spirits contrary to law.

The lienor is a manufacturer whose business is national and international, with offices widely located, one of them being in New York City. On May 28, 1931, acting through a local salesman, J. F. Abbott, it entered into a sales agreement with the Airlines Express, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, for the sale of six motor trucks. This…