Local Bd. of Health, Boone County v. Wood

MASON, Justice.

This appeal by defendant landowners is another stage in a drawn out series of negotiations and district court decrees bearing upon what was determined to be a public nuisance by the Boone County Board of Health. Beginning in 1960 the Board has attempted to deal with the problem of accumulated junk on defendants’ properties. In the last of four decrees, District Judge Newt Draheim quite understandably noted the public's interest in seeing an end to litigation.

In equity matters, such as this, where our review is de novo, rule 334, Rules of Civil Procedure, it is our…