CITY OF INDEPENDENCE v. DeWITT

No. KCD 28017.

550 S.W.2d 840 (1977)

CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Mary Mildred DeWITT, d/b/a Independence Hotel, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 2, 1977.

Application to Transfer Denied June 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus Burrus, W. Raleigh Gough, Independence, for defendant-appellant.

Richard G. Carlisle, Asst. City Counselor, Independence, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before WASSERSTROM, P. J., and SOMERVILLE and TURNAGE, JJ.


TURNAGE, Judge.

The City of Independence, a constitutional charter city, obtained a permanent injunction against Mary DeWitt prohibiting DeWitt from operating a hotel in a building she owned so long as a public nuisance was maintained therein, and so long as she had not obtained State and City licenses for the operation of a hotel. She appeals.

DeWitt contends the court improperly granted the injunction because the City had an adequate remedy to correct any...

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