Gilbough v. West Side Amusement Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On motion for injunction. Heard on bill and affidavits and answering affidavits.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, Y. C.
This is an application for an injunction to restrain the making of noise, which it is alleged renders the dwellings of the complainants, at certain times, uncomfortable to an unlawful degree.
Before going into the facts of the case it may be well to allude briefly to the state of the law on the subject.
That mere noise may be so great at certain times and under certain circumstances as to amount to an actionable nuisance and entitle the party subjected to it to the preventive remedy of the court of equity is thoroughly established. The reason why a certain amount of noise is or may…
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