Legal Opinion

Biehl v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 25, 1937No. 6 Div. 33PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

The decree from which this appeal is prosecuted forfeited and condemned for sale as contraband, “one Ford V-8 Truck Automobile, License No. 2382 H2, Motor No. BE 182325708, Model No. 1936,” seized by an officer of the law while parked in the woods about one-half mile from the highway, loaded with cases of whisky.

The evidence authorized an inference that said truck was being used by the owner for transportation of prohibited liquors “from one point in this State to another point in the State contrary to law.”

The rule stated in the second paragraph of the opinion of the court in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carey v. State Ex Rel. AlmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Auburn Sales Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  3. Griffith v. First Nat. BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Singleton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  2. Metropolitan Toyota, Inc. v. State ex rel. GalanosSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986

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