Municipal Board of Health v. Santee

The bill of complaint in this case was filed by the plaintiff to enjoin the defendants from maintaining an alleged public nuisance on one of the main streets and in the residential section of the city of Charlotte. The defendants pleaded the pendency of a suit begun by the defendants in the present case against the plaintiff in relation to the same subject-matter. The defendants also answered fully all the material averments in the bill of complaint, denying the truth thereof.

The defendants began their business 18 years ago at their present location and insist they are managing it in an…