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MURDOCK ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. U. S.

No. 56.

350 U.S. 488 (1956)

MURDOCK ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Hulen Grayson argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the brief were T. H. Watkins, W. H. Watkins and P. H. Eager.

John F. Davis argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Isabelle Cappello.

PER CURIAM.

The United States filed a libel in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, under §§ 3116 and 3321 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 53 Stat. 362, 401, for the forfeiture of an automobile which had been used to transport nontax-paid whiskey. Petitioner, a finance company which had accepted an assignment of a conditional sales contract when the automobile was purchased, sought remission of the forfeiture to the extent

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