Lee v. State ex rel. Hare

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree in and by which an automobile was condemned and ordered sold under Title 29, § 247 et seq. of the Code of 1940.

The State of Alabama, on relation of James A. Hare, as Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Hale County, Alabama, in Equity, alleging that one 1952 Mercury Automobile, Motor No. 52 SL 16965 M, was seized by the Sheriff of Hale County, Alabama, while being used by Charles Lee, Jr., for the illegal conveying and transportation of prohibited liquor or beverages from…