UNITED STATES v. CARSTENS PACKING CO.

No. 810.

49 F.2d 350 (1931)

UNITED STATES v. CARSTENS PACKING CO. et al.

District Court, W. D. Washington, N. D.

April 17, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Savage, U. S. Atty., and Cameron Sherwood, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Seattle, Wash.

Kerr & McCord and Hartman & Hartman, all of Seattle, Wash., for defendants.


NETERER, District Judge.

In this sort of a proceeding, the owner and the building are two distinct entities. It is immaterial whether the owner knows that the building violates the law. The building is vulnerable, and, if the liquor traffic is conducted in the building, it is subject to the abatement proceeding, and, unless the owner abates it himself, the government has a right to invoke equity to abate it.

The owner must know what the property is used for...

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