Hannum v. Gruber

Opinion by

Mr. Chibe Justice Maxey,

This appeal is from a decree enjoining an alleged nuisance created by the operation in the City of Chester of a dye works by the defendants. The complainants in the bill for the injunction are property owners and tenants in the neighborhood of the Works.

The nuisance complained of is the discharge from the defendant’s operations on St. Charles Place of black smoke, soot and fumes into the atmosphere, which fall upon the complainants’ properties and invade their homes, and the emitting of loud and continuous noises at night time interrupting the sleep and rest…