DAVIES MOTORS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5889.

35 F.2d 928 (1929)

DAVIES MOTORS, Inc., v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 12, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young & Young and De Forrest Home, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Samuel W. McNabb, U. S. Atty., and Harry Graham Balter and Emmett E. Doherty, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Los Angeles, Cal., for the United States.

Before RUDKIN, DIETRICH, and WILBUR, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The intervener and appellant sold the Willys-Knight roadster automobile, respondent herein, to one Hans P. Mortensen by a conditional sales contract under which it retained ownership of the automobile. At the time the automobile was seized by a government prohibition agent, September 27, 1928, the balance due on the purchase price was $896. The district attorney filed a libel under section 3450, Rev. St. (26 USCA § 1181), alleging that...

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