Legal Opinion
Nourse v. City of Russellville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided January 29, 1935PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Stanley, Commissioner
Affirming.
The court has for determination the power of a city by ordinance to condemn and abolish as nuisances all surface toilets, privy vaults, and cesspools by making it unlawful to maintain them, and by requiring that sewage containing human excrements shall be drained into the municipal sewerage system or into sanitary septic tanks. The city of. Russellville, declaring the construction of a general sewer system to be necessary, has contracted for the work. The federal government will contribute 30 per cent, of the cost, and a federal agency…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Miller v. Board of Public Works of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- North American Cold Storage Co. v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Miller v. SchoeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- California Reduction Co. v. Sanitary Reduction WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Spahn v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Marvin v. Housing Authority of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
- McNeill v. Harnett CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
- Schmidt v. Village of KimberlyIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
- Laverents v. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1950
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