CHASE, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
On the above facts, the court directed a verdict for the government, and issued its decree of forfeiture of the automobile on a libel brought under section 3450, R. S. (26 USCA §§ 1181, 1182). The claimants have appealed, and now insist that no forfeiture was lawful except under section 26 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA § 40), which preserves the rights of innocent mortgagees...
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