Case Name: UNITED STATES v. SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY CIGARS
Court: United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1869
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 1114
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY CIGARS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 1114–1114

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,304.
UNITED STATES v. SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY CIGARS.
[11 Int. Rev. Rec. 11.]
District Court, D. Louisiana.
1869.
Forfeitures under Internal Revenue Laws— —Payments to Informers.

Opinion:
In this, a ease of seizure under the internal revenue, the judge ordered the property to be condemned. Harroll Wright intervened, claiming, as informer, one-half of the proceeds of forfeiture under the laws of congress. It appearing by the testimony of Collector Stockdale that the informer's claim was just, he was granted the fraction asked for.