ARK.] 703 BEAVER AMUSEMENT CORPORATION ET AL
v. STATE OF ARKANSAS 73-13 495 S.W. 2d 839 Opinion delivered June 18, 1973 NUISANCE — SHOWING OF OBSCENE FILMS — ABATEMENT AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. — Operation of a motion picture theater cannot . be enjoined and abated as a public nuisance because of the showing of allegedly obscene films since the statutory reference to places of entertainment in violation of the statute does not include motion picture theaters. [Ark. Stat. Ann. g§ 34-101 et seq; 41-2729; • and 41-3207.] Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division, William J. Kirby, Judge; • r ; eversed and dismissed. R. W. Laster, for appellants. Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen :, by: Lonnie A. Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. JOHN A. FOGLEMAN, Justice. The judgment is reversed and the cause dismiSsed upon 'authority of Southland Theatres v. State, 254 Ark. 639 (1973), : 495 S.W. 2d 148; Southland Theatres v. State, 254 Ark. 192 (1973), 492 S.W. 2d 421; Mini-Art Operating Co.; Inc. v. State, 253 Ark. 364 (1972), 486 S.W. 2d 8.
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