State Ex Rel. Sinclair v. Croom

This case is governed by Habit v. Stephenson, ante, 447, and Barker, Solicitor, v. Palmer, ante, 519. In both of these cases this Court has decided tiat tie property of an innocent person, which in itself is not of a character such as to constitute a nuisance per se, or according to its ordinary use, may not be condemned, or its innocent use by the owner forbidden or destroyed, because it happens to be in tie possession of a person who is guilty of maintaining a nuisance, aided by its use, unless tie owner has participated in the creation or maintenance of tie nuisance, or has knowledge…