Prendergast v. Walls

Citations

• 257 Pa. 547
• 101 A. 826
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 777

Syllabus

<p>Nuisances — Garage—Residential district — Proximity of churches and school — Bill in equity — Injunction.</p> <p>On the hearing of a bill in equity to enjoin the operation of a public service garage in a residential district, an injunction was properly awarded where it appeared that the locality was exclusively residential in character, that the garage was within a short distance of imposing churches, valuable homes and a parochial school, and the chancellor found that the garage would necessarily create noises, odors and dangers, and interfere with the church services, would be dangerous to the school children, would reduce the values of property surrounding the garage and tend to the removal of persons living in the neighborhood, and would increase the rates of insurance; and further that defendants had been notified that the erection of such garage in the locality would be opposed.</p>