Legal Opinion

United States v. Eighteen Packages of Dental Instruments

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 30, 1915No. 3072PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Information for forfeiture by the United States against Eighteen Packages of Dental Instruments. On exceptions to the sufficiency of the libel.

1Opinion of the Court

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The issue raised is the demurrer issue. The exceptions go- both to the substance and form of the libel. The latter, at least in part, is met by an amendment which the United States asked leave to file. This leave was granted, and the case heard, as we understand, as if the exceptions had been filed to the libel as amended. The attempt to compress into a single phrase the question involved in this contention, and at the same time give anything like an adequate presentation of the points on which the question turns, is fraught with some difficulty. In its broadest…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. Ninety-Nine DiamondsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  2. United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama HatsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. The Lace House v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1905

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. United States v. QuintinUnited States Court of International Trade · 1984

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