A private nuisance may be abated upon filing of a petition by the person injured.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 3999; Code 1868, § 4027; Code 1873, § 4098; Code 1882, § 4098; Civil Code 1895, § 4766; Civil Code 1910, § 5338; Code 1933, § 72-203; Ga. L. 1980, p. 620, § 3.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Nuisances, §§ 212, 213, 217, 226, 377-381.
C.J.S.- 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 107-115, 184 et seq., 192 et seq.
ALR.
- Ice manufacturing or distributing plant as nuisance, 41 A.L.R. 626.
Injunction against games on neighboring property, 62 A.L.R. 782; 32 A.L.R.3d 1127.
Casting of light on another's premises as constituting actionable wrong, 5 A.L.R.2d 705; 79 A.L.R.3d 253.
Public dances or dance halls as nuisances, 44 A.L.R.2d 1381.
Buyer's acceptance of delayed or defective instalment of goods as waiver of similar default as to later instalments, 32 A.L.R.3d 1127.
Propriety of injunctive relief against diversion of water by municipal corporation or public utility, 42 A.L.R.3d 426.
Residential swimming pool as nuisance, 49 A.L.R.3d 545.
Gasoline or other fuel storage tanks as nuisance, 50 A.L.R.3d 209.
Exhibition of obscene motion pictures as nuisance, 50 A.L.R.3d 969.
Airport operations or flight of aircraft as nuisance, 79 A.L.R.3d 253.
Operation of cement plant as nuisance, 82 A.L.R.3d 1004.
Funeral home as private nuisance, 8 A.L.R.4th 324.