Reno v. State ex rel. Johnson

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a proceeding in equity instituted by the State on relation of the Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit under the authority of § 247 et seq., Title 29, Code 1940, as amended, to condemn one Ford automobile alleged to have been used in the illegal transportation of prohibited liquor.

From a decree of condemnation, Ellie Reno, owner and operator of the automobile and defendant in the cause, has prosecuted this appeal.

The case was tried upon testimony taken orally before the trial court. The case rested upon the testimony of the sheriff of Morgan County and that of the…