City of Shreveport v. Wilson

Citations

• 145 La. 906
• 83 So. 186
• 1919 La. LEXIS 1804

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)</p> <p>Disorderly house <&wkey;4^-LiviNG together IN PRIVATE house; “LEWDNESS”; “CONCUBINAGE” ; “lewd.”</p> <p>The mere living together of a man and a woman, in a private residence, for more than a year without being married, does not constitute a violation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting any person from using a house “for the purpose of prostitution, assignation or other lewd or indecent act,” the purpose of the ordinance being the preservation of the health and morals of the soldiers, and “lewdness” not being synonymous with “concubinage,” lewd being lustful or lascivious (citing Words and Phrases, Lewd).</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, Concubinage ; Lewd; Lewdness.]</p>