UNITED STATES v. LAWSON

No. 13728.

266 F.2d 607 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Lester Mitchell LAWSON, and One 1957 Model Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan, Motor Number VC57N163689, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Ridenour, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellant, John C. Crawford, Jr., and John F. Dugger, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief.

Joe S. Bean, Winchester, Tenn., for appellee.

Before MARIS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and MATHES, District Judge.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Government from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee dismissing a libel seeking the forfeiture of a Chevrolet Sedan automobile which had been seized by agents of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service. The libel alleged that the vehicle had been used in Grundy County, Tennessee, on August 4, 1957, in the conduct by Lester Mitchell Lawson of the business of...

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