Armington & Sons v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Condemnation under liquor law; from city court of Macon—• Judge Guerry. May 25, 1918. On May 4, 1918, a police officer of the city of Macon seized a Buick automobile which contained 150 or 175 pints of whisky. At the time of the seizure it was near a vacant house, and not upon a public highway. No one was in possession of the automobile, nor had the officer seen any one driving it, but he had noticed its tracks leading from a public highway to the place where it was found.
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Condemnation under liquor law; from city court of Macon—• Judge Guerry. May 25, 1918. On May 4, 1918, a police officer of the city of Macon seized a Buick automobile which contained 150 or 175 pints of whisky. At the time of the seizure it was near a vacant house, and not upon a public highway. No one was in possession of the automobile, nor had the officer seen any one driving it, but he had noticed its tracks leading from a public highway to the place where it was found. After seizing it the officer reported the fact to the solicitor of the city court of Macon, and on May 7, 1918,…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The respondents claimed title to the automobile in controversy under a title-retention contract executed- in the State of Florida, which had never been recorded; and set up in their intervention that under the statutes of Florida it was not necessary that such a contract be recorded in order to be valid as against all parties. Such seems to be the law of Florida, for the Supreme Court of that State, in Campbell Co. v. Walker, 22 Fla. 412 (1 So. 59), held as follows: “1. An agreement in writing to sell personal property, the title to which is reserved by…
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