PEOPLE v. ONE 1951 FORD SEDAN

Docket No. 15676.

122 Cal.App.2d 680 (1954)

265 P.2d 176

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ONE 1951 FORD SEDAN, Engine No. BIRH110022, Defendant; BARRETT GARAGES, INC., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

January 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Ralph W. Scott and Charles A. Barrett, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

This appeal presents the following question: Can the state forfeit the interest of an owner of an automobile where the owner rents the automobile to a bailee, who, in turn, entrusts it to a malefactor, who uses the car, illegally, and contrary to the terms of the rental agreement, to transport narcotics? The trial court answered this question in the affirmative and forfeited the interest of the registered...

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