§ 50-1. Nuisance defined.  


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  • A nuisance consists in unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission either:

    First.  Annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others; or

    Second.  Offends decency; or

    Third.  Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage, any lake or navigable river, stream, canal or basin, or any public park, square, street or highway; or

    Fourth.  In any way renders other persons insecure in life, or in the use of property, provided, this section shall not apply to preexisting agricultural activities.

R.L.1910, § 4250; Laws 1980, c. 189, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.