Thompson v. State

This was a proceeding under the Code, § 58-207, brought in the City Court of Thomasville to condemn an automobile alleged to have been used in illegally transporting liquors and beverages, the sale or possession of which is prohibited by law. Sam Thompson, the person in possession and alleged to be the owner of the automobile at the time it was seized, demurred to the petition for condemnation upon the ground that it set out no cause of action because it was brought in the name of the State of Georgia, and not in the name of the officers seizing the automobile in whom (it was contended) the…