Legal Opinion

Moss v. Burke & Trotti, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 26, 1941No. 30789PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit by a property owner to 'enjoin the defendant from conducting an undertaking and embalming establishment across the street from his property, on the ground that the same is a nuisance and, as such, should be abated. The plaintiff also seeks to recover damages in the sum of' $8,525.48 for loss of rents and depreciation in the value of his property.

The defense is that defendant’s establishment is not only located in a district • that has been zoned for business purposes, but .that the business of undertaking and embalming not being a nuisance per se, defendant…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Osborn v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  2. Higgins v. BlochSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  3. L. D. Pearson & Son v. BonnieCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  4. Dean v. Powell Undertaking Co.California Court of Appeal · 1921
  5. Dillon v. MoranMichigan Supreme Court · 1926

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Borgnemouth Realty Co. v. Gulf Soap CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  2. Dawson v. LaufersweilerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1950
  3. Bader v. Iowa Metropolitan Sewer CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  4. Hobson v. WalkerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
  5. Frederick v. Brown Funeral Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952

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