State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Jebeles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by the State of Alabama against Penelope Jebeles, the Jebeles & Colias Confectionery Company, and the Colias Candy Company, a corporation, seeking to condemn certain real estate situated in the city of Birmingham because used for the housing and operation of a distillery or plant for the manufacture of prohibited liquor. 1-' m a decree denying condemnation, the State appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by the State of Alabama against Penelope Jebeles, the Jebeles & Colias Confectionery Company, and the Colias Candy Company, a corporation, seeking to condemn certain real estate situated in the city of Birmingham because used for the housing and operation of a distillery or plant for the manufacture of prohibited liquor. 1-' m a decree denying condemnation, the State appeals. Penelope Jebeles was the owner of the lot and building in question, but does not appear to have been connected in any way with the Odias Oandy…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
This was a proceeding in equity under section 12 of Acts 1919, p. 12, to confiscate or condemn certain .real estate, upon the theory that the owner had forfeited the same to the state of Alabama because of permitting the use thereof in connection with the distilling or manufacture of prohibited liquors, the state's contention being that the Colias Confectionery Company, the-tenant of Penelope Jebeles, the owner of the building, operated a still in a portion of said building contrary to the laws of Alabama, and that the said owner permitted her said tenant to do so. The proof showed that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brown v. . VolkeningNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Parsons v. Prudential Real Estate Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1910
- People ex rel. Turner v. KelseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Crews v. State Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923