Utah Liquor Control Commission v. Mandeles

PRATT, Justice.

The District Court of the Third Judicial District of this State dismissed a libel of information filed by the Utah Liquor Control Commission against certain personal property seized in a barroom in Magna, Utah. The Commission has appealed the case. The respondents have not filed a brief in this court.

The property was seized pursuant to the provisions of Section 165 of the Liquor Control Act of this State, Laws 1935, c. 43, as amended by Laws 1937, c. 49. That section contemplates a seizure “when a violation of any provision of this act shall occur in the presence of” the…