Seminole Securities Co. v. State

1. In a proceeding under section 20 of the act of March 28, 1917 (Park’s Code Supp. 1922, § 448(oooo)), to condemn a vehicle or conveyance used in transporting liquor, the sale or possession of which is prohibited by law, the burden is upon the State, the condemner, to show that the vehicle or conveyance was used in conveying the prohibited liquors or beverages with the knowledge of the owner or lessee. Lang v. Hitt, 149 Ga. 667 (101 S. E. 795) ; Citizens Trust Co. v. State, 26 Ga. App. 750 (107 S. E. 274). Accordingly, where, as in the instant case, it appears from the evidence that title to…