Legal Opinion
Commercial Investment Trust v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1919No. 5301PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Proceeding by the United States against one Studebaker Six automobile, in which the Commercial Investment Trust, a corporation, filed an interplea claiming the machine. There was judgment condemning the automobile, and claimant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIOTT, District Judge.
This was a proceeding in the -United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma against one Studebaker Six automobile, under the provisions of paragraph 4 of the Indian Appropriation Act of March 2, 1917, c. 146 (39 Stat. 969, 970), providing: , •
“Automobiles or any other vehicles or conveyances used in introducing, or attempting to introduce, intoxicants into the Indian country, or where the introduction is prohibited by treaty or lederal statute, whether used by the owner thereof or other person, shall be subject to the seizure, libel, and forfeiture…
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