United States v. Fifteen Cartons

KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a libel by the United States Government under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Sections 301 to 392, 21 U.S. C.A., to condemn Fifteen Cartons, more or less, of Sekov Reducer, a claimed remedy for obesity, found and situated in this District and Division, alleged to be misbranded within the meaning of the Act, and to have been shipped on or about May 24, 1941, in Interstate Commerce by Sekov Corporation, Hollywood, California, to Sekov Reducing Studio, Houston, Texas, for sale by such Studio. The Sekov Corporation (ior brevity called Claimant) is here,…