State ex rel. Woodbury County Anti-Saloon League v. Clark
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — W. GL Sears, Judge. ■ Action in equity to enjoin premises alleged to have been a house of prostitution, and to assess a tax against the property. The Clarks are alleged to have been maintaining the place. During the trial, Carter was substituted for Healy, as the real owner of the. property.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — W. GL Sears, Judge. ■ Action in equity to enjoin premises alleged to have been a house of prostitution, and to assess a tax against the property. The Clarks are alleged to have been maintaining the place. During the trial, Carter was substituted for Healy, as the real owner of the. property. There was a decree for plaintiff as to the Clarks, but the court denied, plaintiff’s application to close the building and to impose the tax, under the so-called “Red Light Law.” The State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The Clarks did not appear, and their default was entered. The trial court found that prostitution had been carried on in the premises by the Clarks, and that they were a nuisance; ordered the nuisance abated, and the furniture sold. The court refused to order the building-closed for a year, and refused to assess the $300 tax. From such refusal the plaintiff has appealed. These are the questions argued, and more particularly the question as to imposing the tax on the property. The ground of the trial court’s refusal to assess the tax Avas that plaintiff had not shown that the OAvner had…
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