Nye County v. Plankinton

*740OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, C. J.:

Respondents are the owners of a house of prostitution in Nye County, Nevada, known as the “Chicken Ranch”. The house is situated on property owned by respondents and is located outside both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.

On November 21, 1977, appellant Pomeroy Neighbors, Administrator of Nye County, filed a complaint, pursuant to NRS 244.360, alleging respondents’ operation of a house of prostitution constituted a “nuisance per se under the provisions of the Nevada Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Washoe County.”1 See…