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# O.C.G.A. § 41-1-1. Nuisance defined generally.

A nuisance is anything that causes hurt, inconvenience, or damage to another and the fact that the act done may otherwise be lawful shall not keep it from being a nuisance. The inconvenience complained of shall not be fanciful, or such as would affect only one of fastidious taste, but it shall be such as would affect an ordinary, reasonable man.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2942; Code 1868, § 2949; Code 1873, § 3000; Code 1882, § 3000; Civil Code 1895, § 3861; Civil Code 1910, § 4457; Code 1933, § 72-101.

## Cross References

Regulation of fireworks, § 25-10-1 et seq.

Causes of action and remedies for injuries to real estate, § 51-9-1 et seq.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Collins v. Lanier, 201 Ga. 527, 40 S.E.2d 424 (1946), see 9 Ga. B. J. 325 (1947).

For comment on Gatewood v. Hansford, 75 Ga. App. 567, 44 S.E.2d 126 (1947), see 10 Ga. B.J. 372 (1948).

For comment on Bennett v. Bagwell & Stewart, 214 Ga. 115, 103 S.E.2d 561 (1958), holding that as a nuisance is a continuing trespass, a court in equity will enjoin it in the county of the resident defendant even though he is only an agent or employee of the nonresident defendant, see 21 Ga. B.J. 564 (1959).

For article, “Recommendations Regarding Control of Outdoor Advertising Along the Interstate Highway System in Georgia,” see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 308 (1963).

For note, “Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. Phillips: A Clarification of Georgia’s Public Nuisance Law?”, see 5 Ga. St. B.J. 474 (1969).

For article discussing Georgia’s practice of exposing municipalities to tort liability through the use of nuisance law, see 12 Ga. St. B. J. 11 (1975).

For article discussing nuisances as “Hidden Liens,” see 14 Ga. St. B.J. 32 (1977).

For note analyzing sovereign immunity in this state and proposing implementation of a waiver scheme and creation of a court of claims pursuant to Ga. Const. 1976, Art. VI, Sec. V, Para. I, see 27 Emory L.J. 717 (1978).

For survey article on real property law for the period from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 397 (2003).

For annual survey of zoning and land use law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 447 (2005) and 58 Mercer L. Rev. 477 (2006).

For survey article on zoning and land use law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 493 (2007) and 60 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2008).