United States v. One Studebaker Coach, Engine No. 147841

WATSON, District Judge.

This is a petition for remission or mitigation of the forfeiture of One Studebaker Coach automobile heretofore decreed.

The facts are found to be as follows:

On February 1, 1937, the C. and S. Motor Company of Scranton, Pennsylvania, leased the Studebaker automobile to one John Godek of Dickson City, Pennsylvania, under a bailment lease contract. The C. and S. Motor Company then assigned its interest in the lease to the Petitioner, the Automobile Banking Corporation. Before accepting the assignment of the lease or paying any consideration for it, the manager of…