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46 Ala. 381

Grady v. Wolsner

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1871

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1871-06-15

Tried before Hon. John Elliott. This was an action on the case for damages,. by the appellee against the appellant.

Cited in Cyclopedic (1922)’s definition of “Nuisance”

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Decided 1871-06-15

How this case has been cited

Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently January 1974

14 state decisions

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! B. F. SAFFOLD, J,

¶1That the action will lie is plain. Every one must use his own so as not to hurt another. One who negligently keeps his fire so that his neighbor’s house is burned is liable to him for damages, because he had it not in his power to make him covenant tp be careful. 'It matters not whether the fire be in his house, his curtilage, or his close.

¶2The action lies against him who erects a nuisance, and notwithstanding a recovery for the erection, it may afterwards be maintained against him for the continuance, though he has made a lease of it to another. He transferred it with the original wrong, and his demise affirms the continuance of it. He also has rent as a consideration for the continuance, and, therefore, ought to answer the damage it occasions. — 2 Salkeld’s R., Rosewell v. Pryor, 460; 1 Salk. 13, Tuberville v. Stamp ; 1 Salk. 19. Anything constructed on a person’s premises which, of itself, or by its intended use, directly injures a neighbor in the proper use and enjoyment of his property, is a nuisance.

¶3The judgment js affirmed,

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