Rhodes v. Dunbar
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from Nisi Prius: In Equity: No. 14, to July Term 1866. This was a bill in equity by William A. Rhodes and thirteen others against Elon Dunbar, John D. Jones, John H. Dunbar and Edward Clemens.
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Certificate from Nisi Prius: In Equity: No. 14, to July Term 1866. This was a bill in equity by William A. Rhodes and thirteen others against Elon Dunbar, John D. Jones, John H. Dunbar and Edward Clemens. The bill set out that the plaintiffs were owners of houses and lots on Chestnut street between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, Philadelphia, that John D. Jones, one of the defendants, had owned a planing-mill on Twenty-first street near Chestnut street, that “ the character of the work done in said mill, and the mode in which it is worked, renders it entirely unsuited to a neighborhood…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, C. J.
The plaintiffs by their bill seek to enjoin the defendants from re-erecting or reconstructing a planing-mill, late the property of John D. Jones, situate on the west side of Twenty-first street, between Chestnut and Market streets, which was destroyed by fire in the month of May 1867. It is claimed, that if re-erected it will be a nuisance to the property and dwellings *286of the complainants, impairing their value, and rendering the enjoyment of them uncomfortable and unsafe; and this, it is alleged,, will flow from three causes, incident…
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