City of St. Louis v. Siegrist
Supreme Court of Missouri
The evidence in this case shows that the appellant keeps a. house at which travelers are entertained and guests boarded. No dram-shop or stable are shown to be connected with it. It is a boarding-house, and in no sense can it he termed a tavern. The Legislature intended that all public houses at which there are liquors retailed, and having stables connected with them, should be licensed if the city council chose to exercise that power.
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The evidence in this case shows that the appellant keeps a. house at which travelers are entertained and guests boarded. No dram-shop or stable are shown to be connected with it. It is a boarding-house, and in no sense can it he termed a tavern. The Legislature intended that all public houses at which there are liquors retailed, and having stables connected with them, should be licensed if the city council chose to exercise that power. The Legislature never intended the word “ tavern ” to embrace all the private hoarding-houses in the city of St. Louis having ten or more rooms. The terms “…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The objection urged, that the complaint was insufficient and that the court erred in not dismissing it, is, we think, untenable. It is true it might have been more certain and precise, but it substantially set forth the facts constituting the violation of the ordinance and sufficiently apprised the defendant of what he was called on to defend against.
*594The defendant was charged with violating an ordinance of the city of St. Lonis providing for licensing hotels and boardinghouses. He was proprietor of the Olive Street Hotel, and it is shown that the house contained over one hundred rooms; that…
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