UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE SECURITIES COMPANY

No. 4927.

218 F.2d 243 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. INTERSTATE SECURITIES COMPANY, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and One 1952 Dodge Convertible Motor No. D42-346264, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Hayden Crawford, U. S. Atty., Tulsa, Okl. (Charles H. Froeb, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tulsa, Northern District of Oklahoma, appeared with him on the brief), for appellant.

Clarence A. Warren, Tulsa, Okl., appeared on the brief for appellee.

Before HUXMAN, MURRAH and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from an order remitting the forfeiture of an automobile seized while being used in violation of the internal revenue laws relating to liquor, and on which the claimant, Interstate Securities Company, Inc., held a chattel mortgage.

Interstate acquired the mortgage without making any inquiry as to the record or reputation of the owner, Carl D. Stewart, for violation of state or federal liquor laws "at the headquarters...

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