McKees Rocks Borough v. Rennekamp Supply Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Schaffer,

This is a proceeding in equity to enjoin the continuance of a nuisance.

Plaintiffs are the owners and occupiers of homes in a neighborhood purely residential save for defendant’s establishment. Plaintiffs’ houses were built and sold to them by defendant, William A. Rennekamp. He originally used the frame building in which the offensive operation exists, as a storage place for his building materials. Subsequently he turned it into a manufactory of concrete blocks. It is the operation of the machines that make the blocks of which complaint is made.

The…