Commercial Credit Co. v. Commonwealth

The Commercial Credit Company, a corporation hereinafter called the lienor, complains of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bath county forfeiting to the Commonwealth one Ford coupe belonging to J. R. Thacker, hereinafter referred to as the car, which was found in this State transporting ardent spirits contrary to law.

The material facts are as follows: The car here in question was seized in Bath county by Luther Hepler and W. W. Otten. Hepler was the sheriff of Alleghany county. Prior to April, 1929, Otten had qualified as his deputy; but in March, 1929, he was appointed by the…