State Ex Rel. Beebe v. Wilkins
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Petition, signed by twenty-two legal voters and filed September 2, 1889, for the abatement of a liquor nuisance in Fitzwilliam. The solicitor has not had charge of the case, and does not appear. There has been no trial. At this term Beebe and three other petitioners declined to prosecute further, and by leave of court withdrew their names from the petition. Thereupon the defendant moved that the petition be dismissed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
By s. 1, c. 77, Laws 1887, “Any building, place, or
tenément in any town or city that is resorted to for prostitution, lewdness, or illegal gaming, or that is used for the illegal sale or keeping for sale of spirituous or malt liquors, wine, or cider, is declared to be a common nuisance.” Section 2 provides that the supreme court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon information filed by the solicitor for the county, or upon petition of not less than twenty legal voters of such town or city, setting forth any of the facts contained in s. 1 of this act, to restrain, enjoin, or abate the same,…
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