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214 Ala. 563

108 So 571

Hockstein v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 13, 1926

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1926-05-13

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1929

2 state decisions

Relies on State v. Hughes · Puckett v. State

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Decided 1926-05-13

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SOMERVILLE, J.

¶1 The testimony for the state made a prima facie case for the condemnation of the car.

¶2 But, conceding that the taxi driver, White, carried liquor in the car, we think that Mrs. Hoekstein, the owner, has satisfactorily shown that she “neither authorized, participated in, nor consented to, the unlawful act of her servant, and that she was guilty of no negligence with respect to its anticipation and prevention.” Under such a showing, the condemnation of the car cannot be sustained. Puckett v. State, 204 Ala. 238, 85 So. 452; State v. Hughes, 203 Ala. 90, 82 So. 104.

¶3 Thé decree will be reversed, and one will be here rendered in favor of the claimant defendant.

¶4 Reversed and rendered.

ANDERSON, C. J„ and THOMAS and BOULDIN, JJ„ concur.
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