Legal Opinion
Blanding v. City of Las Vegas
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 1929No. 2833PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The better opinion seems to be that to have suffered in a greater degree than the public is to have received special and peculiar damage. 20 R.C.L. p. 462, "Nuisances," sec. 77, n. 20, 1; 31 Am. Dec. 134, note. The loss of the meat by Blanding constitutes a special injury, particularly in the making of twenty-two trips daily, which also constitutes a greater degree of injury than that suffered by the general public.
Plaintiff Filbey will be required to travel a more circuitous route, to wit, a distance of nine and three-fifths miles each day.
The weight of authority supports the rule that an…
2Cases cited73 opinions
- Crampton v. ZabriskieSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Smith v. McDowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- State ex rel. Lamb v. CunninghamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Frederick v. Douglas CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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3Cited by20 opinions
- American Oil Company v. LeamanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
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- Carolina Power & Light Co. v. South Carolina Public Service AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
- Brouzas v. City of MorgantownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
- Greer v. City of TexarkanaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
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