Boling v. Division of Narcotic Control of the Department of Public Safety

Proceeding under authority conferred by sections 25 through 28 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 192.28 — 25 thru 192.28 — 28,) defendant, the Division of Narcotic Control of Illinois, seized an automobile owned by plaintiff, Terry Lee Boling, and gave notice of a proceeding to declare it forfeit because it had been used to transport marijuana, a narcotic drug. At the conclusion of the administrative hearing in the Department, the vehicle was declared forfeited both as to the plaintiff-owner’s interest and as to the interest of a lien holder, the Aetna…