UNITED STATES v. ONE 1951 CADILLAC COUPE

No. 108 of 1953.

139 F.Supp. 475 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. ONE 1951 CADILLAC COUPE, Serial No. 51 62 24461, registered to Herman Showers, 1235 North 55th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lately possessed by Eugene C. Thomas, 106 North 50th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wilson White, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Harold M. Rappeport, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


GRIM, District Judge.

The government has filed a libel requesting a decree of forfeiture of an automobile which the government contends was used in the transportation of narcotics, 49 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. An answer has been filed by Equitable Credit and Discount Company (the claimant) which claims an interest in the automobile as an unquestioned owner in good faith of a bailment lease on the vehicle. The burden of proof was on the government to show that there...

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