Cooper v. State Ex Rel. Hardy

KANE, J. This case seems to he in all respects identical with the case of One Cadillac Automobile et al. v. State of Oklahoma, 68 Okla. 116, 172 Pac. 62, wherein it was held: “An automobile used January 3, 1917, in the unlawful conveyance of intoxicating liquor in the presence of an officer having power to serve criminal process, -was not subject to seizure by such official and forfeiture to the state under the provision of section 3617, Rev. Law's 1910, and is not an ‘appurtenance’ within the meaning of that" section, which provided: ‘When a violation of any provision of this chapter (chapter 39, Intoxicating Liquors) shall occur in the presence of any sheriff, constable, marshal, or other officer having power to serve criminal process, it shall be the duty of such officer, without warrant, to arrest the offender and seize the liquor, bars, furniture, fixtures, vessels, a'md appurtenances thereunto belonging so unlawfully used.” As the action of the trial court herein is contrary to the rule announced in the foregoing ease, the judgment rendered must be reversed, and the cause remanded, with instructions to restore the automobile involved to the person entitled to the possession thereof. All the Justices concur.