Section 6-5-127 – Nuisance Exceptions; Right of Action for Pollution of Waters, etc.; Relation to Municipal Ordinances.
Section 6-5-127 Nuisance exceptions; right of action for pollution of waters, etc.; relation to municipal ordinances. (a) No agricultural, manufacturing, or other industrial plant or establishment, farming operation facility, or any racetrack for automobiles or motorcycles, or both, operated in conjunction with a museum that is owned by a nonprofit organization and has a building […]
Section 6-5-120 – Defined.
Section 6-5-120 Defined. A “nuisance” is anything that works hurt, inconvenience, or damage to another. The fact that the act done may otherwise be lawful does not keep it from being a nuisance. The inconvenience complained of must not be fanciful or such as would affect only one of a fastidious taste, but it should […]
Section 6-5-121 – Distinction Between Public and Private Nuisances; Right of Action Generally.
Section 6-5-121 Distinction between public and private nuisances; right of action generally. Nuisances are either public or private. A public nuisance is one which damages all persons who come within the sphere of its operation, though it may vary in its effects on individuals. A private nuisance is one limited in its injurious effects to […]
Section 6-5-122 – Public Nuisances – Abatement or Enjoining by Municipalities.
Section 6-5-122 Public nuisances – Abatement or enjoining by municipalities. All municipalities in the State of Alabama may commence an action in the name of the city to abate or enjoin any public nuisance injurious to the health, morals, comfort, or welfare of the community or any portion thereof. (Acts 1919, No. 49, p. 50; […]