City of Findlay v. Associates Investment Co.

Under Section 6212-43, General Code, when a vehicle which has been used for the transportation of intoxicating liquors in violation of law has been seized by the duly constituted authorities of a municipality, and the mayor’s court has ordered a sale by public auction of the property seized, and a sale has been held without public notice, can the mortgagee of such vehicle foreclose his mortgage upon the vehicle so seized and sold and thereby establish a lien prior to the title of the buyer at the public auction? This is the question of moment involved in this case.

The statute principally…