The proceeds of the sale of the personal property, as provided in § 48-12, shall be applied to the payment of the costs of the suit and abatement, including such reasonable attorney fee to be decreed to the attorney for the complainant, as the court shall think just, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defendant.
Code 1919, § 1526.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 2 - Houses of Prostitution, Etc.
§ 48-7. Houses and contents are nuisances subject to abatement
§ 48-9. When case to be tried; dismissal; substitution of complainant; costs
§ 48-11. Punishment for contempt
§ 48-12. Order of abatement of nuisance; sale of furniture, etc.; closing of building
§ 48-13. Disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 48-14. When property to be delivered to owner on giving bond
§ 48-15. Immunity to witnesses
§ 48-16. Closure of nuisance involving illegal drug transactions
§ 48-17. Enjoining nuisances involving illegal drug transactions
§ 48-17.1. Temporary injunctions against alcoholic beverage sales