State v. Six Slot Machines

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

The state of Kansas instituted what it denominates a proceeding in rem as a result of which the sheriff of Sedgwick county seized six slot machines. Matheny Vending Machine Company, hereafter called the company, filed an intervention claiming to own three of the machines. At the trial the company’s demurrer to the state’s evidence was sustained and the state appeals.

It is not clear from the abstracts just how the proceeding was commenced, but on March 26, 1947, a judge of the district court *362caused a warrant to issue which recited that it…