Gen. Motors Accep. Corp'n v. Chestnut, Sheriff

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice BeEase.

While H. P. Anderson, in violation of law, was transporting about 40 gallons of alcoholic liquors in a Buick automobile, in Horry County, the respondents, Sheriff Chestnut and Peace Officer Allen, of that county, arrested Anderson, seized the automobile and proceeded to confiscate it, under the authority of Section 885 of the Criminal Code of 1922. Thereafter, the appellant brought claim and de livery suit to recover the automobile, on the ground that it held a valid, unpaid chattel mortgage, executed by Anderson to D. Y. Rivenbark,…