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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS v. SIMPSON

Docket No. L.A. 21704.

36 Cal.2d 671 (1951)

227 P.2d 14

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. W.E. SIMPSON, as District Attorney, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 2, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Gerald G. Kelly, Assistant County Counsel, Milnor E. Gleaves and Arvo Van Alstyne, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

W.E. Simpson, District Attorney, in pro. per., and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.

CARTER, J.

In this mandamus proceeding, petitioner, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, seeks to require respondent, district attorney of that county, to institute proceedings for the abatement of a certain public nuisance as directed by petitioner.

The undisputed petition shows that petitioner has been presented with facts and has determined that a certain building situated in Los Angeles County is being used for "lewdness, assignation and prostitution...

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