COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. v. U.S.

No. 258.

276 U.S. 226 (1928)

COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Duane R. Dills, with whom Messrs. Frank H. Towsley, John J. Kennett, and Charles W. Haswell were on the brief, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt and Mr. Mahlon D. Kiefer, Chief Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for the United States.


Mr. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a libel brought by the United States in November, 1925, in the Federal court for the Western District of Washington, under § 3450 of the Revised Statutes,1 to forfeit a Ford coupe upon the ground that it had been used in the removal, deposit and concealment of intoxicating liquor, with intent to defraud the United States of the...

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