State ex rel. Circuit Attorney v. Uhrig
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Adams, J.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This proceeding is in the nature of an information in equity, by the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis, to procure an injunction against the keeping of an unlicensed dram-shop, on the ground that it is a public nuisance. A demurrer to the petition was sustained by the circuit court. The only question which we shall consider is, whether such relief can be had upon any state of facts and against proper parties.
I. We do not question the proposition that the keeping of an unlicensed dram-shop is a public nuisance. That has *414been repeatedly held, in conformity with the general rule of law…
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