State v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered November 29, 1916, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in proceedings to confiscate liquor shipped into the state in violation of the state-wide prohibition law, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
This is an action in rem, commenced by the state by search warrant, against appellant to confiscate a carload of whiskey found on the side track at appellant’s station of Meadowdale, Snohomish county, Washington, on October 16, 1916, as being there in violation of initiative measure No. 3. There is practically an agreed state of facts in the case, brought about either by the answer of the respondent to the claim filed by the appellant or by the. unchallenged testimony of the witnesses produced by the parties.
The appellant is a common carrier of freight, operating a railway between Butte,…
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