20 REMEDIES CH. 10 GENERAL PRINCIPLES PART 3 NUISANCE Chapter 10. General Principles

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Public Nuisance

Private Nuisance

CROSS-REFERENCES: For other laws relating to Nuisance, see 21 GCA Chapter 23, 7 GCA Chapter 24, and various public health measures defining additional public nuisances in Title 10, GCA

NOTE: No CC §§ 3470-3478 existed

CHAPTER 10 GENERAL PRINCIPLES § 10101. What is Nuisance

§ 10102. Public Nuisance

§ 10103. Private Nuisance

§ 10104. What is Not a Nuisance

§ 10105. Successive Owners

§ 10106. Abatement Not to Preclude Action

§ 10101. What is Nuisance

Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any river, bay, stream, canal, or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway, is a nuisance

SOURCE: CC § 3479

§ 10102. Public Nuisance

A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal. SOURCE: CC § 3480

COL120106 1 20 REMEDIES CH. 10 GENERAL PRINCIPLES § 10103. Private Nuisance

Every nuisance not included in the definition of the last section is private

SOURCE: CC § 3481

§ 10104. What is Not Nuisance

Nothing which is done or maintained under the express authority of a law can be deemed a nuisance. SOURCE: CC § 3482

§ 10105. Successive Owners

Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing nuisance upon, or in the use of, such property, created by a former owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first created it

SOURCE: CC § 3483

§ 10106. Abatement, Not Preclude Action

The abatement of a nuisance does not prejudice the right of any person to recover damages for its past existence

SOURCE: CC § 3484

NOTE: No CC ''3485-3489 existed

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