This writ of error was prosecuted to review a judgment dismissing, for want of evidence, an action brought by the government, pursuant to section 10, Act of June 30, 1906 (federal Pood and Drugs Act [U. S. Comp. St. § 8726]), to condemn and forfeit one thousand cases of “Hall’s Hol-sum Brand” canned salmon. We have examined the evidence, and agree with counsel for plaintiff in error that the case should have been submitted to the jury. Applebaum v. United States of America (C. C. A.) 274 Fed. 43; Andersen v. United States (C. C. A.) 284 Fed. 642. The judgment is reversed, with direction to grant .a new trial.
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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff in Error, v. ONE THOUSAND CASES, more or less, of SALMON: Surkin & Portnoy and John H. Leslie & Co., Claimants, Defendants in Error.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
January 22 1924.)
No. 3317.
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois.
Mary D. Bailey, of Batavia, Ill., for plaintiff in error.
Christopher King, of Chicago, Ill., for defendants in error.
Before ALSCHULER, EVANS, and PAGE, Circuit Judges.
United States v. One Thousand Cases
294 F. 1022
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