Legal Opinion

Gibbs v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 29, 1953No. 7 Div. 76PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appeal from a decree condemning appellant’s Chevrolet pickup truck under the provisions of Section 247 et seq., Tit. 29, Code 1940, as amended. The bill of complaint alleges that appellant used this truck, or liad it loaded for the purpose of using it, for the illegal conveying of prohibited liquors and beverages from one point in the state to another point in Talladega County, a “dry county.”

The facts, in substance, are as follows: Appellant lives on Route 3 between Talladega and Sylacauga, in Talladega County. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon on the day the truck was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Carey v. State Ex Rel. AlmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Kelley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Deerman v. State ex rel. BainsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  4. Parrish v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Winstead v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  2. Franklin v. State Ex Rel. TrammellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  3. Singleton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  4. Davis v. State ex rel. PettusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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