A private nuisance may injure either a person or property, or both, and for that injury a right of action accrues to the person who is injured or whose property is damaged.
History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2939, 2941; Code 1868, §§ 2946, 2948; Code 1873, §§ 2997, 2999; Code 1882, §§ 2997, 2999; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3858, 3860; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4454, 4456; Code 1933, § 72-104.
Law reviews.
For note discussing nuisance action as a remedy for damage caused by sonic booms, see 2 Ga. L. Rev. 83 (1967).
For note, “Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. Phillips: A Clarification of Georgia’s Public Nuisance Law?,” see 5 Ga. St. B.J. 474 (1969).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 41-1-1. Nuisance Defined Generally
§ 41-1-2. Classes of Nuisances; Public and Private Nuisances Defined
§ 41-1-3. Right of Action for Public Nuisance Generally
§ 41-1-4. Right of Action for Private Nuisance Generally
§ 41-1-6. Erection or Continuance of Nuisance After Notice to Abate
§ 41-1-7. Treatment of Agricultural Facilities and Operations and Forest Land as Nuisances
§ 41-1-8. Treatment of Publicly Owned Cultural Facilities as Nuisances
§ 41-1-9. Sport Shooting Ranges
§ 41-1-10. Hunting Operations Not Nuisances Under Certain Conditions