Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Stanley ADDISON, Claimant of One 1957 Cadillac Convertible, Motor No. 5762-098831, and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1958-11-07
Citations: 260 F.2d 908
Docket Number: No. 17046
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Stanley ADDISON, Claimant of One 1957 Cadillac Convertible, Motor No. 5762-098831, and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 260
Pages: 908–909

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Stanley ADDISON, Claimant of One 1957 Cadillac Convertible, Motor No. 5762-098831, and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Appellees.
No. 17046.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 7, 1958.
O. B. Cline, Jr., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of Florida, David C. Clark, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellant.
Dean Boggs, Jacksonville, Fla., Murray Goodman, Miami Beach, Fla., Boggs, Blalock & Holbrook, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellees.
Before RIVES, TUTTLE and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case is in all respects controlled by our decision in United States v. One 1957 Oldsmobile Automobile, 5 Cir., 256 F.2d 931. The facts in that case, as in this, present in its starkest outline the rigidity and admitted severity of the provisions of 49 U.S.C.A. § 782, requiring forfeiture of an automobile, not a common carrier, in which a passenger, without the knowledge of the owner or lienor, is committing or has committed a crime prohibited by 49 U.S.C.A. § 781 (relating to narcotics crimes).
The language of the statute, however, is plain, and neither the District Court nor this Court is allowed any discretion in its application.
The judgment is reversed.