Case Name: Ramsay v. Riddle & Thornton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 399
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ramsay v. Riddle & Thornton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 399–399

Head Matter:
Ramsay v. Riddle & Thornton.
The Court will not enjoin what, may or may not he nuisance.
Motion to dissolve an injunction to restrain the converting a wooden warehouse into a bakehouse.
Mr. F. L. Lee, and Mr. G. Lee, for the plaintiffs,
in support of the injunction, cited 1 Fonb. 29; Amb. 159; 2 Yes. 452 ; Amb. 209; 2 Bro. C. C. 64; Milford, 103, 107; 3 Inst. 201; 3 Bl. Com. 216 ; Ld. Raym. 486; Wood’s Inst. 538 ; Cro. Car. 366; 2 Shower, 327; Strange, 1167; 12 Mod. 342; 16 Vin. 23.
Mr. E. J. Lee, and Mr. Sivann, contra,
cited 4 Bl. Com. 168; 1 Hawk. c. 75, % 12; 3 Bl. Com. 219; Id. 5; 1 Hawk. c. 75; 3 Atk. 21; 12 Mod. 510 ; 3 Atk. 750 ; 1 Fonb. 21, 29, 30; 4 Bro. C. C. 165; 2 Ves. Jr. 42; 16 Vin. 23; 2 Har. Ch. 237.
Mr. Tones, for the plaintiffs,
cited Fran. Max. 30 ; 1 Burr. 334; 6 Mod. 145; Bac. Ab. tit. Nuisance.
The injunction was dissolved without costs, (nem. con.)

Opinion:
The CouRT
said, if the house in fitting up, should not be well secured against danger from fire, it might be the ground of an injunction to prevent the use of it as a bakehouse.