State v. Hallman

Deen, Chief Judge.

When this case was here before (141 Ga. App. 527 (233 SE2d 839) (1977)) a judgment on the pleadings in favor of the state was reversed. Georgia had petitioned to condemn a motor vehicle used for transportation of drugs, record title to which was in the name of Powers (daughter of appellee Hallman) who had been a passenger in the automobile at the time of seizure. We held there that if Hallman had, as he contended, a security interest in the vehicle by reason of having paid the purchase money and taken a promissory note from his daughter, the parties agreeing that the…