Legal Opinion
Spratt v. Gray
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 15, 1921PublishedCited by 2 opinions
A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Leon County; E. C. Love Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
In an action of replevin to recover the possession of one Ford automobile the verdict and judgment were for defendant and plaintiff took writ of error.
The plaintiff undertook in the trial to show his right of recovery by proof of his ownership and the invalidity of the proceeding under the provisions of Chapter 7736, Acts of 1918, by which the automobile was condemned and forfeited because of its alleged use in the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquors. The bill of sale by which plaintiff acquired the ownership of the automobile was offered in evidence and the record of the…
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