Tedescki v. Berger
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Alfred H. Benners. Bill by Felicia Tedescki against Louis Berger and another to abate a nuisance, a bawdy house. From a decree sustaining the demurrers of Louis Berger, this appeal is prosecuted.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Alfred H. Benners. Bill by Felicia Tedescki against Louis Berger and another to abate a nuisance, a bawdy house. From a decree sustaining the demurrers of Louis Berger, this appeal is prosecuted. The keeping of a bawdy house or house of prostitution is a common haw misdemeanor. — Ex parte Birchfield, 52 Ala. 277; 14 Oyc.. 485. It is a nuisance per se, as prejudicial to public morals. — Hundley v. Harrison, 128 Ala. 292; 16 A. & E. Ency. Law, 937; 1 Wood on Nuisances, §§ 24-27. A court of equity will enjoin such nuisance at the suit of a…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The hill in this case was filed by the appellant against the appellees, and sought to perpetually enjoin the maintaining or continuing of a nuisance, in the shape of a house of prostitution, on the premises adjoining the home of complainant, and also to recover damages on account of the same. In the bill it is alleged that the house in question is owned or controlled by the defendant Berger, that the disorderly house is kept by the defendant Ruby Davis by and with the consent and permission of said Berger, and the riotous and indecent conduct of the inmates and frequenters of said house is…
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