Cherry-Ellington Auto Co. v. State Ex Rel. Sorrell

This is a proceeding in equity by petition filed by the' state, through its solicitor, to have forfeited and sold a five-passenger Bodge automobile on the ground it was being used to transport liquor illegally. Cherry-EUington Auto Company, a partnership composed of J. E. Ellington and V. P. Cherry, filed petition of intervention claiming title to the automobile by retention of title sale contract for the balance of the purchase price, given by W. P. Jerrell, the owner, to them. The court denied claimants’ petition of intervention, granted the petition of the state, and ordered the automobile…