One Truck Load of Whisky v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Proceeding by the United States against one truck load of'whisky. Judgment of forfeiture and condemnation, and Joseph Tomon, claimant, brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
In June, 1919, Joseph Tomon was in possession of 100 cases of whisky, located at Erie, Pa. Desiring to have this whisky at Cleveland, Ohio, Toman found a company at Erie, which owned a number of automobile trucks and conducted the business of letting for hire the trucks, with drivers, for transporting merchandise, and he hired from this company a track and driver to carry the whisky to Cleveland. The owner of the truck was under no duty or obligation to carry, and it could accept or refuse any offer of hiring made to it. The whisky was loaded on the truck at Erie and…
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