Legal Opinion

Burnett v. State ex rel. Atkinson

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 1, 1976No. Civ. 946PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of condemnation and forfeiture of a motor vehicle used for transporting illegal liquor under Title 29, Section 247, Code of Alabama (1940). We affirm.

In the dark of early morning on April 1, 1976, a two-ton truck belonging to appellant, David Burnett, was stopped by police officers on a public highway in Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama. The truck was subsequently searched and found to be loaded with from 600 to 1,000 cases of beer. Marion County is a dry county. The occupants of the truck were subsequently charged with violating the…

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