Section 41-1-3. Right of action for public nuisance generally
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- A public nuisance generally gives no right of action to any individual. However, if a public nuisance in which the public does not participate causes special damage to an individual, such special damage shall give a right of action.
Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2939, 2940; Code 1868, §§ 2946, 2947; Code 1873, §§ 2997, 2998; Code 1882, §§ 2997, 2998; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3858, 3859; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4454, 4455; Code 1933, § 72-103.