Show High Court Rules Cars Used to Bring Liquor Into U. U S. S May Be Confiscated I 0 Br Dr Associated Fres WASHINGTON May 2 The 2 The su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme court today todar ruled that automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles used in importing liquor into the United States are subject to confiscation con con- con I under the tariff law and md the government io is not required to take action n against them under the more lenient prohibition law At about the same time the court passed upon two similar cases It held that an American ves vessel el seized for transporting liquor could be confiscated confiscated confiscated under the navigation laws and that a vessel seized by the coast guard while bringing liquor into the country country coun- coun try Iry could be confiscated under the thrift tariff law The automobile cases arose from the thc seizure of automobiles on which the General Motors Acceptance corpora corpora- Lien tion the Howard Automobile company company com corn pany of Los Angeles and the Commercial Commercial Com Cons mercial Credit C Company Inc held liens lions In the other two cases the schooner Ruth Huth Mildred a ship hip ip of or American registry licensed as a fishing boat bont had been seized in the East river in New York with liquor aboard The action was taken ken under the navigation tion laws The last Jast case care was brought by the General Import and Export Company Inc owner o of the British steamship Sebastopol Sevastopol which had been seized entering New flew York harbor in 1927 with ith a cargo of liquor in violation o of the tariff act The opinion In the automobile case was written by Justice Cardozo S. S I |