UNITED STATES v. CHIEFTAIN PONTIAC COMPANY

No. 4949.

218 F.2d 115 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The CHIEFTAIN PONTIAC COMPANY and One 1950 Oldsmobile 4-door Sedan, Motor No. 8A-402687H, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Dale Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., Guthrie, Okl. (Paul W. Cress, U. S. Atty., Perry, Okl., was with him on the brief), for appellant.

Submitted by appellee.

Before HUXMAN, MURRAH and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

On June 8, 1953, the United States instituted a libel against One 1950 Oldsmobile 4-Door Sedan which was sold to Jesse Nichols, whose real name was Henry James. The Chieftain Pontiac Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, intervened, alleging that it held a conditional sales contract from Nichols upon which there was due the sum of $1,299.96, and that any forfeiture of the automobile should be remitted to the extent of the amount due.

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