Burt v. State ex rel. Burns

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

The State of Alabama, on the relation of Arthur Burns, Solicitor for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Etowah County, in Equity, against Charles S. Burt and one 1948 model four-door Ford automobile. The bill is based upon Tit. 29, § 247, Code 1940, as amended by Act No. 129, Gen. Acts 1947, p. 39, which concerns seizure and condemnation of vehicles used in transportation of illegal liquors.

Respondent demurred to the bill. The demurrer being overruled, he then answered, denying each and every allegation in the complaint.

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