Legal Opinion
Town of Hokes Bluff v. Butler
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 25, 1981No. 79-588PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment which enjoined the Town of Hokes Bluff from constructing a proposed open lagoon-type sewer treatment plant on certain land located outside the city limits in the Tillison Bend area of Etowah County
The City of Hokes Bluff, exercising its statutory authority, gave notice of its intent to construct and maintain the sewer system in question. Code 1975, § 11-50-50
Several residents and property owners in the Tillison Bend community brought suit to restrain the proposed construction as constituting a nuisance. After a trial with an advisory jury the court made the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Baldwin v. McClendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Rouse v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- 1st Avenue Coal & Lumber Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Brammer v. Housing Authority of Birmingham Dist.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1940
- Town of Vernon v. WedgeworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- NAACP v. AcuSport, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2003
- McCord v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Acusport Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 2002
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