Stanfield v. Glynn County

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• regardless of how the claims are denominated, plaintiffs may recover only if trespass or nuisance amounts to the taking of property
• regardless of how the claims are denominated, plaintiffs may recover only if trespass or nuisance amounts to the taking of property
• county not liable for nuisance where it neither owned nor was charged with maintaining waste facility, even though it approved construction and issued building permits
• Where regulation of owners’ use of their land is vague and ambiguous, the ambiguities in the language employed in an ordinance must be resolved in favor of the free use of property.
• Where regulation of owners’ use of their land is vague and ambiguous, the ambiguities in the language employed in an ordinance must be resolved in favor of the free use of property.

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