People ex rel. Thrasher v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. JESSE A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
This is an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the circuit court of Cook county overruling their demurrer to a bill in equity filed under the provisions of the act approved June 22, 1915, entitled “An act regarding places used for purposes of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, to declare the same to be public nuisances, and to provide for the more effectual suppression thereof.” (Laws of 1915, P-37I-)
It is unnecessary to set forth the allegations of the bill) for no claim is made that they are not sufficient to comply with the terms of the act, but the appellants’ contentions are…
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