Metropolitan Toyota, Inc. v. State ex rel. Galanos

ALMON, Justice.

This is an action for the condemnation and forfeiture of an automobile brought by the State under the authority of Code 1975, § 20-2-93. Lester Pugh, a prospective purchaser of the car, used it to transport marijuana for sale while he had the car on loan from Metropolitan Toyota of Mobile. Metropolitan intervened to challenge the condemnation, but the trial court ordered the condemnation and forfeiture of the car. Metropolitan argues that its evidence showed that it had no knowledge or notice of Pugh’s intended use of the car for the sale of controlled substances and that…