MICHIGAN Ex Rel WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR v. BENNIS

In this case, we are required to construe various aspects of the nuisance abatement *722statute, MCL 600.3801; MSA 27A.3801.1 Specifically, we must decide whether an act of prostitution was consummated absent proof that money was exchanged. Next, we must determine whether the trial court erred in abating a vehicle used to commit an act of prostitution in a neighborhood with a reputation for illicit activity. Finally, we must consider whether a co-owner’s interest in a vehicle may be abated where the co-owner allegedly had no knowledge that the vehicle was used in proscription of the statute.

We…