West Barnes Motor Co. v. State ex rel. Dist. Attorney

This is a, proceeding instituted by the state, on the relation of the district attorney, to seize, have condemned, and sold, an automobile in' which intoxicating liquors had been transported. The proceeding is instituted under chapter 189, Laws of 1918 (section 2163e, Supplement to Hemingway’s Code).

The West Barnes Motor Company, appellant, filed a claimant’s issue in the circuit court. The facts were then agreed upon. These facts show that in Mobile, Ala., the appellant company sold the automobile in question to one Tanner. Part of the purchase price was paid in cash, and notes given for the…