Legal Opinion
Alcohol Division of Department of Finance & Taxation v. State ex rel. Strawbridge
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 26, 1953No. 6 Div. 396, 396-A, 396-BPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
This appeal involves three cases wherein the State of Alabama, on relation of the solicitor of the 24th Judicial Circuit, filed condemnation proceedings in the circuit court of Lamar County, Alabama, to condemn two motor vehicles (a Chevrolet truck and a Ford coach automobile) and a truckload of bonded whisky allegedly- being transported in interstate commerce from Cairo, Illinois, to Columbus, Mississippi. The shipment was from a wholesale liquor dealer in Illinois to a customer in Mississippi. The property was seized February 17, 1951. Right of condemnation was rested on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mahoney v. Joseph Triner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Indianapolis Brewing Co. v. Liquor Control CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Moragne v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Barnett v. State Ex Rel. MilnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Hill v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1937
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