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" A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place, — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. "
United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules ... - Page 696
by United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1989
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 431

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1976 - 1102 pages
...with the use to which the materials are put. As Mr. Justice Sutherland wrote in a different context, a "nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard." 15 Whether a pig or a picture is offensive is a question that cannot be answered in the abstract. In...
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The New International Year Book

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1927 - 878 pages
...restricted by ordinance to residence purposes. Speaking of nuisances in general, the Supreme Court said that "a nuisance may be merely a right thing in the...place — like a pig in the parlor, instead of the barnvard." Elsewhere in its decision the court held in effect that apartment houses in districts restricted...
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Civic Comment, Issue 4; Issues 6-49

Cities and towns - 1920 - 1118 pages
...in the country made by more potent hands. As the Supreme Court of the United States recently said, 'A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.' ' ' There will always be objectionable signs which can not be reached through the police power if its...
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The New International Year Book: A Compendium of the World's Progress....

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1927 - 878 pages
...restricted by ordinance to residence purposes. Speaking of nuisances in general, the Supreme Court said that "a nuisance may be merely a right thing in the...like a pig in the parlor, instead of the barnyard." Elsewhere in its decision the court held in effect that apartment houses in districts restricted to...
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The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Foundation, Methods, and ...

Charles Evans Hughes - 1928 - 292 pages
...considered apart, but by considering it in connection with the circumstances and the locality. * * * A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. If the validity of the legislative classification for zoning purposes be fairly debatable, the legislative...
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The Federal Reporter

Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 1066 pages
...it in connection with the circumstances and the locality. Sturgis v. Bridgeman, LR 11 Ch. 852, 865. A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. If the validity of the legislative classification for zoning purposes be fairly debatable, the legislative...
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The Federal Reporter

Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 1120 pages
...it in connection with the circumstances and the locality. Sturgis v. Bridgeman, LE 11 Ch. 852, 865. A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. If the validity of the legislative classification for zoning purposes be fairly debatable, the legislative...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the District Courts of Appeal of ..., Volume 82

California. District Courts of Appeal - Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 988 pages
...valid as applied to the great cities, might be clearly invalid as applied to rural communities. . . . nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. If the validity of the legislative classification for zoning purposes be fairly debatable, the legislative...
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American Government: A Consideration of the Problems of Democracy ...

Frank Abbott Magruder - United States - 1928 - 610 pages
...general welfare of the people. Apply the following statement of the Court to the above decision : " A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place, like a pig in the parlor instead of in the barnyard." CHAPTER XXV SUFFRAGE 223. Suffrage and Citizenship Distinguished. — The word suffrage...
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Law and Labor, Volume 8

Industrial relations - 1926 - 356 pages
...its analogies in the process of ascertaining the scope of, the power. Law and Labor December, 1926 "A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong...like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. If the validity of the legislative classification for zoning purposes be fairly debatable, the legislative...
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