Legal Opinion
Benton v. Kernan
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided June 20, 1940PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stein, Y. C.
Complainants, forty-eight in number, residents in the village of South Orange, and all but one (who is a tenant) owners of their homes, brought this action to restrain the defendants from operating their trap-rock quarry and “Kern-O-Mix” business in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance. Amongst other things, they charge that their homes were shaken, jarred, and damaged, and their lives made highly uncomfortable by vibrations caused by the blasting of rock at the quarry; that the blasting cast stones upon the lands of some of them, endangering the safety of the persons…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Fertilizing Co. v. Hyde ParkSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- People v. CunninghamCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- State ex rel. Applegate v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Mills v. HallNew York Supreme Court · 1832
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Barnes v. Graham Virginia Quarries, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Associated Metals, Etc., Corp. v. Dixon ChemicalNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964
- Opal v. Material Service Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1956
- Cogsville v. City of TrentonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1978
- Gilpin v. Jacob Ellis Realties, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
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