Legal Opinion
One 1941 Ford 1/2 Ton Pickup Automobile Truck, Motor No. 18-6725628 v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1944No. 9652PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
On the night of July 21-22, 1942, agents of the Alcohol Tax Unit, while watching a house on Wildwood Road in Bradley County, Tennessee, saw a 1941 Model Ford Truck drive up and upon searching it found therein five gallons of untaxed liquor; whereupon they seized the truck.
A libel was filed against the truck under the provisions of Sec. 3450 R.S., as amended, Sec. 3321, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code.1
*256Harold Hefner, who claimed to be the owner, resisted the forfeiture and alleged that it had been stolen from him and that at the time the liquor was found therein it was in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Husty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Scher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. One Ford Coupe AutomobileSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Kirby v. TallmadgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. HeitnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Gilliam v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951
- Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Busic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
- Stagner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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