Leath v. Rosser

1. The statute which provides for the disposition of apparatus or appliances used for the purpose of distilling or manufacturing alcoholic liquors or beverages should be given a strict interpretation. Where the statute declares that such articles are contraband, and that no one has any property right therein, and that when such apparatus or appliances- so used or about to be so used are found or discovered by certain officers of this State they shall be “summarily destroyed and rendered useless by him without any formal order of the court,” and there is no statutory provision for condemnation…