2021 Georgia Code
Title 41 - Nuisances
Chapter 2 - Abatement of Nuisances Generally
§ 41-2-4. Issuance of Injunction Where Nuisance About to Be Erected or Commenced Likely to Result in Irreparable Damage
Where the consequence of a nuisance about to be erected or commenced will be irreparable damage and such consequence is not merely possible but to a reasonable degree certain, an injunction may be issued to restrain the nuisance before it is completed.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2944; Code 1868, § 2951; Code 1873, § 3002; Code 1882, § 3002; Civil Code 1895, § 3863; Civil Code 1910, § 4459; Code 1933, § 72-204; Ga. L. 1980, p. 620, § 4.)
Law reviews.- For note discussing the abatement of nonconforming uses as nuisances, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 302 (1973).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Basis of Injunction
- Jurisdiction
- Order of Abatement
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Injunctions, §§ 51, 53, 248. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Nuisances, §§ 285-292.
C.J.S.- 43 C.J.S., Injunctions, §§ 16, 17, 20 et seq. 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 209-219.
ALR.
- Injunction to prevent establishment or maintenance of garbage or sewage disposal plant, 5 A.L.R. 920; 47 A.L.R. 1154.
Nuisance resulting from smoke alone as subject for injunctive relief, 6 A.L.R. 1575.
Right to enjoin threatened or anticipated nuisance, 26 A.L.R. 937; 32 A.L.R. 724; 55 A.L.R. 880.
Institution for the punishment or rehabilitation of criminals, delinquents, or alcoholics as enjoinable nuisance, 21 A.L.R.3d 1058.
Punitive damages in actions based on nuisance, 31 A.L.R.3d 1346.
Operation of cement plant as nuisance, 82 A.L.R.3d 1004.
