Gray v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

This case involves the location of a new freight switching yard in the northern part of the city of Pontiac. Adjacent property Owners sought injunctive relief. It was their objection that the proposed construction would violate the city’s zoning ordinance and “would be a continuing nuisance.” The trial chancellor held that a “sustainable, factual violation of the ordinance is not here established” and that “the allegations of nuisance are in the nature of conjecture rather than factual.” The plaintiffs are before us on a general appeal.

The record discloses that the defendant Grand Trunk…