Hartzog-Ganey Motor Co. v. State Ex Rel. Reid

On July 22, 1929, one James S. Foster purchased a Chevrolet touring car from Hartzog-Ganey Motor Company, a partnership, of Andalusia, Ala., and executed retention title notes for the balance due thereon. These notes were unpaid when on August 20, 1929, the car was seized by the sheriff of Covington county while it was being used in the transportation of prohibited liquors and driven by said Foster.

That the car was subject to condemnation, so far as the interest therein of Foster is concerned, is clearly established and not here controverted.

The question of prime importance, however, relates…