Thornhill v. State ex rel. District Attorney

The Chancery Court of Marion County enjoined appellant from unlawfully possessing, storing, and selling intoxicating liquors at her place north of Columbia. Miss. Code 1942, Section 2646. She complains that the evidence, with reference to liquor on her premises prior to 'the filing of the bill of complaint on June 4, 1957, was insufficient to support the decree. A suit to abate a liquor nuisance is a civil action, and the State can make out its case by a preponderance of the evidence. Newman v. State ex rel. Barlow, 221 Miss. 331, 72 So. 2d 700 (1954).

Appellant’s property, to which the…