Windham v. Harmon

1. The courts will not sustain actions for the recovery of property the possession of which is illegal. Howell v. Mathieson, 146 Ga. 838 (92 S. E. 520); Robertson v. Porter, 1 Ga. App. 223, 228, 229 (57 S. E. 993).

2. Beer, “whether alcoholic or not or whether intoxicating or not,” being one of the “prohibited liquors and beverages” defined in section 1 of the State prohibition act of 1915 (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1915, pp. 77, 79; Michie’s Code, § 448(2)), and “no property rights of any kind” existing under section 20 of that act (Michie’s Code, § 448(21)) “in said prohibited liquors and beverages,…