Howell v. State Ex Rel. Goodrich

STAKELY, Justice.

The State of Alabama through the county solicitor of Limestone County and the Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama filed a bill of complaint to condemn a 1941 Dodge four door sedan automobile for the alleged illegal transportation of prohibited liquors or beverages in Athens, Alabama. We quote the material portion of the bill of complaint as follows: “Your Complainant further shows unto the Court that on, to-wit, the 30th day of May, 1946, Deputies from the Office of the Sheriff of the Sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama, seized One 1941 Model Four Door Sedan…