Betts v. Commercial Credit Co.

On November 21, 1926, a deputy sheriff of Floyd County arrested James Brookshire for having in his Ford car a suit case containing two one-gallon cans of corn whisky. On the same date the solicitor of the city court instituted condemnation proceedings against the automobile. A copy of the petition to condemn, and the order of the court, were served personally on Brookshire. On December 22, 1926, no defense to the proceedings having been filed, judgment by default was entered, confiscating the automobile. On December 29, 1926, a petition was filed in the city court by the solicitor, seeking an…