Feraud

This is an appeal by the defendant Feraud from an order denying her motion to tax costs in a suit instituted by the district attorney of Los Angeles County under the “Redlight Abatement Act.” (Stats. 1913, p. 20.)

[1] The contested items aggregate $435.65 and constitute two charges; first, for the services of plaintiff’s agents in ira vestigating and securing evidence before the commencement of the suit of the existence of the alleged nuisance; and, secondly, for the services, meals, and carfare of “guards” placed by plaintiff in charge of the premises in question after the commencement of suit and before trial, pursuant to the terms of the preliminary injunction.

Appellant is the owner of the property, but she is not charged in the complaint with knowledge of the existence of the nuisance, nor does the court find that she had such knowledge.

The sections of the Bedlight Abatement Act bearing upon the disputed costs are sections 7 and 8 thereof. By section 7 it is provided that “if . the existence of a nuisance be established in an action as provided herein, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case, which order shall direct the removal from…