United States v. Three Cadillac Coupes

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from a judgment restoring to claimants three Cadillac Coupes and one Ford Panel-Body Truck seized by the Collector of Customs at Laredo, Texas, on the ground that they were about to be transported from the United States to Mexico in violation of the Export Control Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 701. Seizure was made and libel proceedings for condemnation instituted under the provisions of the Espionage Act, Title 6, § 1 et seq., 22 U.S.C.A. §§ 401-408. A trial was had, and the court, without passing on the merits, ordered restoration of the vehicles to…