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MERCHANTS BANK v. STATE, WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY

567 S.W.2d 476 (1978)

MERCHANTS BANK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Certiorari Denied June 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Terry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville (Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Eddie L. Headrick, L. Harlen Painter, Bell, Painter, McMurray, Callaway, Brown & Mashburn, Cleveland, for plaintiff-appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court June 12, 1978.

MATHERNE, Judge.

The issue at bar is the constitutionality of T.C.A. § 51-709, which purports to extend to owners and others who have an interest in property seized as contraband under the Fish, Game and Wildlife Resources Statutes the right to assert their interests in the seized property.

I.

Officers of the Wildlife Resources Agency seized a 1976 Dodge Van owned by Gene Edward Vest...

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