Miss. Code § 99-27-23 Clubs, Boats, Places Where Liquor Found May Be Abated As Nuisance

• Library: Mississippi Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Miss. Code § 99-27-23

Except as authorized in Section 67-1-51(1), any club, vessel or boat, place or room where liquors are found, kept or possessed on any boat or vessel used in any of the waters of this state in conveying any intoxicating liquors or any person with intoxicating liquor in their possession or under their control into or in this state shall be deemed to be a common nuisance and may be abated by writ of injunction issued out of a court of equity upon a bill filed in the name of the state by the attorney general or any district or county attorney whose duty requires him to prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the state, in the county where the nuisance is maintained, or by any citizen or citizens of such county, such bill to be filed in the county in which the nuisance exists. And all rules of evidence and the practice and procedure that pertain to courts of equity generally in this state may be invoked and applied in any injunction procedure hereunder. Upon the abatement of any such place...