nuisance abatement injunction
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From 276 U.S. 494 - Grosfield v. United States · 1928Most cited · 46 citing opinions
The purpose of the provision of the statute authorizing an injunction against occupancy and use is not punitive but preventive; and it is no answer to the suit to say that the owner did not participate in the criminal act of the tenant. That the tenant may have been ousted and the illegal use of the premises ended before the decree is not conclusive, if the evidence furnish reasonable ground for apprehending a repetition of such use.