Holmes v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by the United States against James Ottoway Holmes and another to abate a nuisance. Decree for complainant, and said Holmes appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal by the owner of a hotel building in this city from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District based upon the Act of February 7, 1914 (38 Stat. 280), “to enjoin and abate houses of lewdness, assignation and prostitution,” appellant contending that the bill should have been dismissed as to him, because there was no averment that he had any knowledge, either actual or presumptive, of the alleged immoral acts.
The bill avers that Samuel Blackwell was the keeper of the hotel in question; that, while he “so used and occupied the said building, erection,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- In Re SelowskyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
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