Any person, county, city, village or town may maintain an action to recover damages or to abate a public nuisance from which injuries peculiar to the complainant are suffered, so far as necessary to protect the complainant’s rights and to obtain an injunction to prevent the same.
Wis. Stat. § 823.01
Jurisdiction over nuisances
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 219 Wis. 2d 806 - Gillen v. City of Neenah (1998)
Most recently applied in Adams v. State Livestock Facilities Siting Review Board (July 2012)
1973 c. 189; Sup
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