Legal Opinion
United States v. One 1957 Model Oldsmobile "88" 4-Door Sedan
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided December 18, 1957No. Civ. No. 620Published
1Opinion of the Court
GILLIAM, District Judge.
The libelled Oldsmobile was seized by the Government upon the theory that it was acting on the occasion involved as a convoy or decoy car for a Buick which was found transporting a quantity of unstamped liquor and seized for such violation. There was no evidence that the Oldsmobile had transported unstamped liquor or materials intended for use in violation of the Internal Revenue laws or that any unstamped liquor had been loaded on or taken from it, and the decision hinges entirely on whether it was at the time being used as “a convoy or decoy car” within the rule…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Coffey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. Lane Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. Lane Motor Co. (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. One 1952 Lincoln Sedan, Motor No. 52lp22535h (Merchants Nat. Bank of Mobile, Intervenor)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. One De Soto Sedan, 1946 Model, Etc., Robert Lee Smith, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
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