State v. . Alverson

The statutes, G. S., 19-1, and G. S., 19-2, under which this action was brought, authorize a civil action in the name of the State upon the relation of a citizen, and permit the issuance of an injunction without bond, the closing of a place of business, and the seizure of the personal property used in connection therewith, upon verified complaint of a nuisance which is therein defined as follows:

“Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own or lease any building, erection or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, prostitution, gambling or the illegal sale of…