Legal Opinion
Riggs v. State Ex Rel. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 22, 1927No. 4 Div. 324PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The rules of evidence in civil actions govern in proceedings- in the name of the state for condemnation of vehicles used in the transportation of prohibited liquors. 33 C. J. p. 687; Dowda v. State, 203 Ala. 441, 83 So. 324; Toole v. State, 170 Ala. 41, 54 So. 195.
No predicate was required for the introduction of the declarations of the owner tending to connect him with the illegal act. They are admissible as declarations against interest in civil actions, not as confessions in criminal prosecutions.
Evidence of good character of the owner and claimant in the proceeding, either generally or as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Toole v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Drummond v. DrummondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Dowda v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Greenwood Cafe v. WalshAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lovett v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941
- Henry Grady Snead v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Davis v. State ex rel. PettusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
- Malholtra v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- McNeese v. State ex rel. CramerCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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