Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him by removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing unnecessary injury.
Cal. Civ. Code § 3495
PUBLIC NUISANCES
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Devincenzi v. Faulkner (1959)
Most recently applied in Devincenzi v. Faulkner (October 1959)
Enacted 1872.
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