UNITED STATES v. ONE QUART BOTTLE OF ALLEGED WHISKY


29 F.2d 929 (1928)

UNITED STATES v. ONE QUART BOTTLE OF ALLEGED WHISKY, etc.

District Court, E. D. New York.

December 6, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. De Groot, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Albert D. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Anthony P. Savarese, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Charles F. Murphy, of New York City, for claimant.


INCH, District Judge.

This is a motion for judgment on the pleadings in an "in rem" suit. The res being a quantity of liquor, a considerable controversy has arisen. This is no reason, however, for departure from settled practice in civil suits. The pleadings consist of a libel and amended answer. The libel is one of these so-called "blanket" libels by which the government seeks to forfeit in one suit the alleged contraband...

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