GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5483, 5484.

40 F.2d 599 (1930)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

May 13, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. J. Manley, of Detroit, Mich. (Dykema, Jones & Wheat, of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellant.

G. S. Fitzgerald, of Detroit, Mich. (John R. Watkins, of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for the United States.

Before MOORMAN, MACK, and HICKENLOOPER, Circuit Judges.


HICKENLOOPER, Circuit Judge.

These cases involve a consideration of the circumstances under which an automobile may be forfeited under Rev St. § 3450 (26 USCA § 1181). In each case, the automobile was discovered by border patrol immigration inspectors, while moving in the vicinity of the Detroit river, the one in the city of Detroit, and the other near Wyandotte. Upon the approach of the officers, the driver, in each instance, fled, leaving the automobile...

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