McCanless v. Pearson

The Commissioner of Finance and Taxation has appealed from a judgment of the circuit court of Davidson County sustaining the petition of appellee, Mrs. Velma C. Pearson, for the writ of certiorari and snpersedeas, and ordering a certain automobile restored to her possession. This automobile was confiscated by the Commissioner after it had been seized by the State Highway Patrol when it was loaded with several cases of whiskey. The whiskey belonged to her husband, John Pearson, on which no State tax had been paid. At the time the liquor and the automobile were seized the automobile was being…