Case Name: Murrell STANSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry HYAMS et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-03-22
Citations: 291 So. 2d 875
Docket Number: No. 4464
Parties: Murrell STANSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry HYAMS et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 291
Pages: 875–875

Head Matter:
Murrell STANSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry HYAMS et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 4464.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
March 22, 1974.
Rehearings Denied April 11, 1974.
Writs Refused May 31, 1974.
Gahagan & Kelly by H. C. Gahagan, Jr., Natchitoches, and Pugh & Nelson by Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, for appellant.
Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., Natchi-toches, and John Stephens, Asst. Dist. Atty., Coushatta, for appellees.
Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

Opinion:
MILLER, Judge.
For trial and appeal purposes, this case was consolidated with In re: Forfeiture to Use or Sale of One 1971 Dodge Charger Automobile, 291 So.2d 872 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1974).
On August 16, 1973 plaintiff Murrell Stansell petitioned for an injunction to restrain Harry T. Hyams, Chief of the Natchitoches Police Department, and Sheriff James from the continued seizure and possession of his 1971 Dodge Charger. On the next day the District Attorney filed the show cause rule considered in the consolidated case. Following trial of the consolidated matters, the trial judge dismissed Stansell's petition for injunction and ordered the vehicle forfeited.
For the reasons assigned in the consolidated case, the order of forfeiture was set aside. That decision renders this appeal moot. Costs of this appeal are taxed to defendants.
Forfeiture order set aside.