146 Ga. 767 | Ga. | 1917
1. “Equity has no jurisdiction, upon the petition of individuals, to interfere in matters merely criminal, or to enjoin any one from the commission of a crime, when it does not appear
2. The judgment must be reversed, however, because the petition joins in one action several persons alleged to be engaged in operating three different lewd houses, without showing that the occupants had a community of interest in the matter sought to be abated, there being a demurrer to the petition based on the ground of misjoinder of parties. It is true that the petition alleges “that said three houses are within a few feet of each other, and constitute one joint public nuisance,” but on demurrer this is insufficient to show any community of interest among the occupants of the houses described.
Judgment reversed.