State v. Butterworth-Judson Corp.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Hudson Sessions.
1Opinion of the Court
*269Tlie opinion of tlie court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
The indictment is for maintaining a nuisance
in the town of Kearny in Hudson county, caused by offensive odors produced in buildings there situate. The proof was that the buildings were situate, and the operations producing the odors were carried on, in Newark in Essex county. The variance is fatal. But the question raised reaches deeper than a mere matter of pleading. An indictment for nuisance can only he found in the county in which the act resulting in the nuisance is committed, and not in any county where it may take effect. State v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. International Nickel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- People v. . International Nickel CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
3Cited by1 opinion
- Heinig v. SmellowNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1946