Legal Opinion

Maples v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 22, 1919No. 6 Div. 921PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Cullman County; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Proceedings by the State against Arch Maples and wife in which C. H. Beiker filed a petition setting up a claim to the automobile in question. From decree rendered, respondents and petitioner appeal.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Cullman County; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Proceedings by the State against Arch Maples and wife in which C. H. Beiker filed a petition setting up a claim to the automobile in question. From decree rendered, respondents and petitioner appeal. Bill by the state of Alabama, filed by the deputy solicitor of Cullman county, against Arch Maples and Annie Maples, bis wife, seeking to have declared forfeited to the state, and condemned for sale, one four-cylinder Buick touring automobile, under the provisions of the act approved January 25, 1919, entitled “An act to…

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.

By this proceeding the state seeks to have forfeited and condemned for sale a certain automobile which was seized by the sheriff of Cullman county while in possession of the owner, or owners, thereof, and being used in the transportation of prohibited liquors.

It is not questioned that the proceedings in this cause were had in strict compliance with the provisions of section 13 of the act of January 25, 1919, entitled “An act to further suppress the evils of intemperance; to restrict the receipt, possession and delivery of spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented or other intoxicating or…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mack v. WestbrookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  2. Rhodes v. McWilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  3. State v. HughesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  4. Gunn v. AtwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  5. Nesmith v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Pickett v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  2. State v. PluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  3. Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  4. State Ex Rel. Tate v. One Lexington AutomobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  5. State v. CrosswhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920

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