Legal Opinion

Dorsey v. . Allen

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 1881PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Motion for an injunction beard at Chambers in Henderson, Vanee county, on tbe 27th -of. October, 1881, before Gudger, J. The .motion was refused and the .plaintiffs Appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The defendant having begun the erection of the necessary'buildings for a planing mill and eotton gin, to be operated by steam on his lot-adjoining that-owned and occupied by the plaintiffs as their place of residence, this .-action d-s-instituted to arrest the farther prosecution of the work -upon the ground mainly that the proposed use of (the houses when .completed will expose their -premises to increased perils -of fire,, and that the noise from working the .machinery will render their dwelling uncomfortable and unfit for a residence. The complaint invokes the exercise of the .restraining…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hyatt v. . MyersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1875

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Durham v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  2. Rouse v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  3. Cherry v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  4. City of Durham v. Eno Cotton MillsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  5. Pedrick v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906

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