King v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of city of Richmond, in a proceeding for forfeiture of an automobile. Judgment of forfeiture. Intervener assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
*801[1] This is an information filed under section 57 of the prohibition act (Acts 1918, p. 612) to enforce the forfeiture of an automobile used in the illegal transportation of ardent spirits. There was a judgment of forfeiture, which E. A. King seeks to have reversed because he had a lien on the automobile for the purchase price thereof.
When the information was filed, King intervened, as he had the right to do under the statute, and claimed a lien on the automobile for $550, balance of purchase money. Both parties waived a jury and submitted the case to the judge of the trial court upon the…
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