Leach v. Cook, Commissioner of Revenues

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

Liquor in transit from Louisiana to Mississippi was taken from two motor trucks in Chicot 'County by agents of the State Revenue Department. Its value is said to be in excess of thirteen thousand dollars. When the contraband was brought to Little Rock it was placed in storage. The Commissioner instituted an action in Pulaski Circuit Court to procure an order of confiscation, and Leach intervened. The sole question is whether venue was in Chicot or Pulaski County.

It was stipulated that the transporters were apprehended with two trucks between Lake Village and…