Section 32 Nuisance

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There is no one rule to determine if an activity is a nuisance. Certain operations in an area may constitute nuisances per se, but generally, whether an activity is a nuisance is determined from the facts in each case. See also Chapter 19 of this deskbook.

Several Missouri appellate cases have held that noise constitutes
a nuisance in certain circumstances. In City of Fredericktown v. Osborn, 429 S.W.2d 17 (Mo. App. E.D. 1968), barking created by
30–35 dogs kept for commercial purposes in a residential...