UNITED STATES v. ONE 1951 OLDSMOBILE SEDAN

No. 30 of 1953.

135 F.Supp. 873 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. ONE 1951 OLDSMOBILE SEDAN, Motor No. 8C198069, Serial No. 518W9179, Registered to Mrs. Willie P. Carter, and lately possessed by Melvin Carter.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Eugene J. Bradley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Ivan Michaelson Czap, Philadelphia, Pa., for claimant.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

In the second proviso of the Act of Congress relating to seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used for illegal purposes, Congress exempted vehicles so used "while such * * * vehicle * * was unlawfully in the possession of a person who acquired possession thereof in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, or of any State." 49 U.S.C.A. § 782. It would be hard to imagine how Congress could have made it plainer that in order to...

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