Carleton v. Rugg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, under the St. of 1887, c. 380, to the Superior Court, filed September 6, 1888, purporting to be signed by ten “legal voters in the city of Haverhill,” and alleging “that a certain tenement in a building at the corner of Locust and Essex Streets in said Haverhill, which tenement is bounded as follows, southerly by Essex Street, easterly and northerly by land of Mary F. Rugg and others, and westerly by Locust Street, is used for the illegal beeping and sale of…
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Petition, under the St. of 1887, c. 380, to the Superior Court, filed September 6, 1888, purporting to be signed by ten “legal voters in the city of Haverhill,” and alleging “that a certain tenement in a building at the corner of Locust and Essex Streets in said Haverhill, which tenement is bounded as follows, southerly by Essex Street, easterly and northerly by land of Mary F. Rugg and others, and westerly by Locust Street, is used for the illegal beeping and sale of intoxicating liquors to the common nuisance of all good citizens; that the occupant of said tenement is John E. King; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtKngwxton, J.
The St. of 1887, c. 380, § 1, is as follows: “ The Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon information filed by the district attorney for the district, or upon the petition of not less than ten legal voters of any town or city, setting forth the fact that any building, place, or tenement therein is resorted to for prostitution, lewdness, or illegal gaming, or is used for the illegal keeping or sale of intoxicating liquors, to restrain, enjoin, or abate the same as a common nuisance, and an injunction *553for such purpose may he issued by any justice of…
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