Legal Opinion
City of Selma v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 16, 1918No. 2 Div. 664PublishedCited by 25 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court, Dallas County; B. M. Miller, Judge. Bill by Emma Jones against the City of Selma to abate a nuisance. From an order overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
Appellee filed her bill against appellant to abate a nuisance. The alleged nuisance consisted of a dump pile, created and maintained by the city, near to the premises of complainant. The nuisance is alleged in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of the bill as follows:
“(5) That the said dumping place is not a fit or suitable plant to be established in a residential section of the city; that the plant, as well as the way in which the same is operated, is a nuisance, which is continual, and constantly recurring; that the board of health of Dallas county has declared the said dumping place where…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Nininger v. NorwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Adler & Co. v. PruittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- State v. Mayor of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1837
- Rouse v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Hundley v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Lauderdale County Board of Education v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
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