State v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Judge; 1. Poolrooms and turf exchange are gaming houses, and are per se common public nuisances. 51 N.'J. L. 387; 30 Ark. 428; 79 Ky. 361; 39 Fla. 441; 55 Pa. St. 294; 58 Ark. 82; 51 Mich. 203; 51 Cal. 78; 16 Minn. 209; 60 N. PI. 73; 2 Ky. L. R. 339; 98 Ky. 635; 80 Pac. 877. Book-making is a gaming device or gaming table within the meaning of the law. 6 App. Cas.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Judge; 1. Poolrooms and turf exchange are gaming houses, and are per se common public nuisances. 51 N.'J. L. 387; 30 Ark. 428; 79 Ky. 361; 39 Fla. 441; 55 Pa. St. 294; 58 Ark. 82; 51 Mich. 203; 51 Cal. 78; 16 Minn. 209; 60 N. PI. 73; 2 Ky. L. R. 339; 98 Ky. 635; 80 Pac. 877. Book-making is a gaming device or gaming table within the meaning of the law. 6 App. Cas. (D. C.), 6; 98 Ky. 576. 2. Courts of equity have undoubted jurisdiction to enjoin public nuisances. 2 Story, Eq. Jur. § 921; 4 Pomeroy’s Eq. Jur. § 1349; Wood on Nuisance, (3 Ed.), §…
1Opinion of the Court
PIiEE, G. J.
The Attorney General of Arkansas, the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and the Mayor and Citsy Attorney of Rittle Rock brought a bill in chancery against Vaughan, Furth, Faucette and others, in the name of the State of Arkansas and the City of Rittle Rock, seeking to enjoin Furth from operating a pool room at a place in the city of Argenta near the Free Bridge which connects Argenta and Rittle Rock, and that the other defendants be enjoined from permitting or assisting, in the several ways alleged, said Furth in conducting said pool room. The defendants…
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