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THE BRAZIL

No. 8080.

134 F.2d 929 (1943)

THE BRAZIL. UNITED STATES v. THE BRAZIL.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 17, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Albert Woll, U. S. Atty., of Chicago, Ill., Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Frank Staley and Allan B. Lutz, Attys. Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Robt. Branand, Jr. and Edward B. Hayes, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before MAJOR and MINTON, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

One question only is presented by this appeal, namely, did the District Court properly dismiss the Government's libel on the ground that it was barred by the Statute of Limitations?

The libel charged that the ship "Brazil" had been sold to and was owned by claimant in contravention of 46 U.S.C.A. § 808 forbidding sale of vessels to aliens and subjecting those thus transferred to forfeiture at the suit of the United States. The...

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