People v. One Lincoln Eight, Etc.

The State appeals from an adverse judgment entered in the present proceeding which the State instituted under the State Narcotic Act for the forfeiture of the automobile above described.

The act provides among other things that “any automobile or other vehicle used to convey, carry or transport any of the drugs mentioned in section 1 of this act . . . shall be forfeited to the state of California as in this section provided’’; also that in a proceeding instituted for the forfeiture of a vehicle so used, the claimant of any right, title or interest therein may file an answer and prove his lien,…