Legal Opinion

Townsend v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 17, 1920No. 5424PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; J. W. Woodrough, Judge. Information by the United States against one automobile; Edna Townsend, intervener, claimant. From a judgment of forfeiture, claimant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

MUNGER, District Judge.

From a judgment of forfeiture and order of sale of an automobile this writ of- error is prosecuted. An information was filed against this vehicle, charging that it was used hy Dewey Bales and John Ke-mo-hah in introducing intoxicating liquors into the Indian country and upon two allotments of Osage Indians, in Osage county, Okl. The plaintiff in error intervened in the suit, alleging that she owned the automobile, that she had loaned it that day to her brother, John Ke-mo-hah, to drive about the town of Hominy, Okl., and she denied that it was used in introducing…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Donnelly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Martin v. Lessee of WaddellSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  3. Ex Parte Crow DogSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. United States v. CelestineSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. Bates v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Clarke v. BoysenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
  2. Housing Authority of Seminole Nation v. HarjoSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
  3. Housing Authority of Seminole Nation v. HarjoSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990

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