Jenner v. Collins

E. and C. Jenner, a copartnership trading and doing business as Laurel Drive-In Theater, in August 1948, erected their theater on land about one fourth of a mile from the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. U. Collins. After the show began operating, Collins repeatedly complained that the noise was disturbing him. In the fall of 1949, he and his wife filed suit to enjoin the operation, as a nuisance, and to recover damages. The answer denied all of the allegations of the bill. In the trial, the in-junctive feature was abandoned. On the final hearing, the court decreed damages in the amount of $467. The…