RICHBOURG MOTOR CO. v. U.S.

Nos. 452 and 569.

281 U.S. 528 (1930)

RICHBOURG MOTOR COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. DAVIES MOTORS, INCORPORATED, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph G. Myerson, with whom Messrs. Phillip W. Haberman, Charles G. Lee, Jr., and R.R. Williams were on the brief, for Richbourg Motor Company.

Mr. Duane R. Dills, with whom Messrs. William K. Young and Berthold Muecke, Jr., were on the brief, for Davies Motors, Inc.

Assistant Attorney General Richardson, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, Messrs. Claude R. Branch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mahlon D. Kiefer, were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In these cases certiorari was granted, 280 U.S. 549, and post, p. 707, respectively, to pass on the question, whether proceedings for the forfeiture of a vehicle seized under § 26 of the National Prohibition Act,1 as one used for unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, but where there has been no prosecution for that offense...

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