State ex rel. Dow v. Nichols

Citations

• 83 Wash. 676
• 145 P. 986
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 737

Syllabus

<p>Nuisance — Disorderly House — Abatement—Knowledge of Owner of Building. In an action to abate a nuisance under the red light law, brought against the property and the lessees and owners of the building, it is immaterial that the owners had no knowledge that prostitution was being carried on at the place, if, in fact, it existed.</p> <p>Same — Abatement—Civil Action — Right to Jury Trial. Under 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 946-1, of the red light law, in which the building or place in which assignation or prostitution is conducted or carried on and the furniture and contents are declared a nuisance, a jury trial cannot be demanded in a civil action brought in equity in the name of the state to abate the same, as authorized by Id., § 946-2.</p>