UNITED STATES v. ONE BUICK SEDAN

No. 5440.

58 F.2d 891 (1932)

UNITED STATES v. ONE BUICK SEDAN (HERTZ DRIVE-UR-SELF STATIONS, Inc., Intervener).

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided May 2, 1932.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Rover and Rebekah S. Greathouse, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Nathan B. Williams, of Washington, D. C., for intervener.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


GRONER, Associate Justice.

The question we have to decide is whether an automobile seized by prohibition agents, but where no arrest of the driver can be made, may be forfeited under section 3450, Revised Statutes (26 USCA § 1181), if it was being used for the purpose of transporting and concealing intoxicating liquors on which the tax is due and unpaid. The facts are these:

Prohibition agents, stationed at a point near the District line, observed an...

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