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F. J. Kress Box Co. v. Pittsburgh
4 A.2d 528
Pa.
1939
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Per Curiam,

The court below having found that the establishment of an incinerator plant, with the most approved appliances, and its normal operation, including the convergence of wagons bearing garbage, is not a nuisance per se, and there being evidence upon which to base that finding, following our usual rule in cases of alleged nuisances, the decree must be affirmed. If the operation of the plant does, become a nuisance in fact, appellants have their remedy, either by a new proceeding or under the present bill, of which the court below will retain jurisdiction.

The other questions raised have been , passed upon in support of the decree of the court below in Sheets et al. v. Armstrong et al., 307 Pa. 385, and other decisions.

The erection and operation of the incinerator plant by the City was in its proprietary capacity. See Gemmill v. Calder et al., 332 Pa. 281. This latter case could not have been decided as it was if such had not been the holding. This, however, does not affect the conclusion reached in the present case.

Decree affirmed at appellants’ cost.

Case Details

Case Name: F. J. Kress Box Co. v. Pittsburgh
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date Published: Jan 26, 1939
Citation: 4 A.2d 528
Docket Number: Appeal, 53
Court Abbreviation: Pa.
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