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GENERAL IMPORT CO. v. U.S.

No. 811.

286 U.S. 70 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 474

76 L.Ed. 983

GENERAL IMPORT & EXPORT CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton R. Kroopf, with whom Mr. Louis Halle was on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, and Messrs. Arthur W. Henderson and Paul D. Miller were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The steamship "Sebastopol" was seized by Coast Guard Officers in the harbor of New York while carrying an unmanifested cargo of intoxicating liquors. The master of the vessel did not produce a manifest for the cargo when a manifest was demanded by the boarding officer. Thereafter a libel of information was filed by the Government under § 584 and 594 of the Tariff...

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