§ 4-31 Private Nuisance - Defined

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§ 4-31 Private Nuisance - Defined

Generally, a private nuisance is that class of wrongs that arises from the unreasonable, unwarrantable, or unlawful use by a person of his own property, personal or real. A "nuisance" is anything that works hurt, inconvenience or damage or which essentially interferes with the enjoyment of life or property. It has been described as the unlawful use of property causing material annoyance, discomfort or hurt to another person. It is an unreasonable interference, which is continuous or has the potential to recur, with the use and enjoyment of the plaintiff's land by the defendant's conduct on his or her land. Every citizen...