UNITED STATES v. 1500 CORDS, ETC.

No. 10742.

204 F.2d 760 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. 1500 CORDS, MORE OR LESS, JACKPINE PULPWOOD.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Sweeney, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Frank L. Nikolay, U. S. Atty., Madison, Wis., Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Benjamin Forman, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington D. C., for appellant.

Theodore W. Brazeau and Richard S. Brazeau, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and DUFFY and FINNEGAN, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

On September 26, 1951, the Government of the United States filed a libel in the Western District of Wisconsin against 1500 cords, more or less, of jackpine pulpwood for an alleged violation of sec. 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 988, 999, 46 U.S.C.A. § 883.1

The District Court, after a hearing on the merits, dismissed the libel and directed that the cash deposited by Consolidated Water...

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