Davies Motors, Inc. v. United States

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The intervener and appellant sold the Willys-Knight roadster automobile, respondent herein, to one Hans P. Mortensen by a conditional sales contract under which it retained ownership of the automobile. At the time the automobile was seized by a government prohibition agent, September 27, 1928, the balance due on the purchase .price was $896. The district attorney filed a libel under section 3450, Rev. St. (26 USCA § 1181), alleging that at the time the automobile was seized it contained 12 pint bottles of intoxicating liquor, which had been concealed therein with the…