PEOPLE v. ONE 1953 FORD VICTORIA

Docket No. S.F. 19686.

48 Cal.2d 595 (1957)

311 P.2d 480

THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. ONE 1953 FORD VICTORIA MOTOR B3PV 102617, Defendant; DEAN AND COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant.

Severson, Davis & Larson, James B. Werson and George Brunn for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

In this proceeding to forfeit an automobile for an unlawful transportation of narcotics (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11610-11629) the facts are undisputed.

On June 10, 1953, Willie Smith purchased the automobile from a dealer in Bexar County, Texas. Smith executed a note for the unpaid balance of the purchase price and gave the dealer a chattel mortgage on the automobile to secure payment. On the same day, the dealer assigned the note...

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