KAM SEAFOOD CO. v. STATE

No. BM-284.

496 So.2d 219 (1986)

KAM SEAFOOD COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Daniel of Daniel, Komarek & Martinec, Panama City, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


BARFIELD, Judge.

Kam Seafood appeals the forfeiture, as contraband, of an automobile operated by an employee who was arrested for possession of cocaine in Apalachicola. The trial judge found that the employee was the beneficial owner of the car and ordered a forfeiture. We disagree and reverse.

The evidence at the forfeiture hearing showed that the title to the car was in the name of Kam Seafood and had been since the car's purchase in 1979. The employee,...

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