Davis v. Stark

Duckworth, Justice.

It has been the considered judgment of the General Assembly that a building or structure in which is kept spirituous liquors or beverages, defined in the Code, § 58-101, for the purpose of sale or other illegal disposition is a common nuisance. This judgment has twice been enacted into law, once in 1899 (Code, § 58-110) and again in 1915 (Code, § 58-109), and it is there provided that such common nuisances may be enjoined or abated. This court has repeatedly sustained judgments of the trial courts granting interlocutory orders directing that such a building be padlocked.…