Legal Opinion

Burnett v. Rushton

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 15, 1951PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

52 So.2d 645 (1951)

BURNETT et al.

v.

RUSHTON et ux.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

May 15, 1951.

Laura H. Hyde, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Bedell & Bedell, Jacksonville, for appellees and cross-appellants.

ADAMS, Justice.

We have for review on this appeal a decree in equity enjoining a private nuisance and awarding $500 damages.

The special master took testimony and reported that appellant, Connie W. Burnett, had wilfully committed certain acts; that she had, while living adjacent to appellee, operated her lawn mower in an unnecessarily noisy manner at an early hour of the morning in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harmon v. HarmonSupreme Court of Florida · 1949
  2. Mercer, Et Vir v. KeyntonSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
  3. Stanton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1941

3Cited by5 opinions

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