Superior Farm Management, LLC v. Montgomery

Hines, Justice.

This is an appeal from the grant of an interlocutory injunction halting the construction of a 1,345-acre commercial hog breeding facility in Taylor County. Temporary and permanent injunctive relief was sought by nearby residential property owners following their complaint for abatement of a nuisance pursuant to OCGA § 41-2-4. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

Plaintiff property owners, Montgomery et al., filed this action against N. G. Purvis Farms, Inc., which owns and operates several large hog farms in North Carolina; Superior Farm Management L.L.C., an entity owned by…