Goodrich v. Starrett

Citations

• 108 Wash. 437
• 184 P. 220
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 872

Syllabus

<p>Nuisance (2)—What Constitutes Private Nuisance — Undertaking Establishment—Injunction. Under Rem. Code, §§ 943, 8309, defining nuisance, and adding to the common law definition a new element—“the comfortable enjoyment of one’s property”—an undertaking establishment and morgue, conducted in an old dwelling out of repair in the residential section of the city in such a manner as to affect the peace of mind and destroy the property values of the neighborhood will be enjoined as a nuisance.</p>