United States v. Loeb

Coxs, D. J.

This is an action on a leaseholder’s (distiller’s) bond. On the trial a verdict was rendered for the full amount of the bond and interest, subject to opinion of the court. The plaintiff now moves for judgment on the verdict. The defendant Conklin, one of the sureties, insists that there should be deducted from the verdict the amount realized from the sale of the distiller’s personal property, which was forfeited for various violations of the statute, and sold according to law. This position cannot be successfully maintained. It was the evident intention of congress that in cases of…