ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 15141.

220 F.2d 885 (1955)

ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT COMPANY, Intervenor, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Kerr, Alto V. Watson, Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

John C. Ford, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before BORAH and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding under 49 U.S.C.A. § 782 to forfeit a 1953 Oldsmobile automobile owned by one Clarence Coleman, on the ground that it was used unlawfully in concealment and possession and in facilitating concealment and possession of contraband, namely, two partially smoked marihuana cigarettes, which had been acquired without there having been paid the special taxes thereon. The Associates Investment Company intervened as assignee...

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