State Ex Rel. Seeburger v. Johnson

I. The petition in this action, which wa? filed January 22, 1925, charges the appellant with keeping and maintaining a liquor nuisance in a building situated on Lots 5 and 6, Block 11, in the city of Des Moines. It was proven upon the trial that, on the evening of January 8, 1925, appellant made a sale of a half pint of alcohol to one Ben Harvey, who purchased and paid for the same with marked bills furnished by two police officers. The purchase of this liquor, which was followed immediately by a search of the premises by the two police officers, resulted in the seizure of a small quantity of…