People v. Robin

BISHOP, J. pro tem.

A civil action to abate one or more of the public nuisances defined by sections 3479 and 3480, Civil Code, existing in a city, may be brought by the city attorney in the name of the People of the State of California. (Code Civ. Proc., § 731.) Sections 3479 and 3480 do not embrace all public nuisances known to the law; they read: Section 3479. “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…