People Ex Rel. Foltz v. Gifford

The action was under the Red-light Abatement Act (Stats. 1913, p. 20) and resulted in. a judgment of abatement as a nuisance of certain buildings used for prostitution in the city of Tracy, in the county of San Joaquin. The appeal is here upon the judgment-roll alone and we can see no merit whatever in the position of appellants.

[1] It appears that after the evidence was heard the action was dismissed as to the occupant of the building, and it seems to be the claim of appellants that thereby the plaintiff lost the right to prosecute the cause any further; in other words, that the action must…