City of St. Louis v. Varahi, Inc.

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Judge.

Defendant hotel owner appeals from a judgment finding the hotel to be a public nuisance and ordering it to post its daily rate, rent rooms for 24 hours or more at no less than its posted rate, require all guests to complete a registration form to which they apply their thumbprints, and have its registration office accessible only from the interior of the building. We reverse for the reason that the City did not adduce evidence that would support a reasonable inference that defendant’s acts were the proximate cause of the alleged nuisance.

Defendant Varahi, Inc., is…