Court Opinion

ID: 9807695
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 20:13:24.978598+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:52:08.269032
License: Public Domain

Walkeb, J.
I concur in the conclusion reached by the Court in this case, but it must not be understood that, in doing so, I am committed to the doctrine that the State, or any one of its municipalities, cannot, in the exercise of its police power, enact *326a law or pass an ordinance forbidding- tbe erection of a mill within limited and defined territory, and declaring tbe same to be 'a nuisance. There are many reasons which can be assigned for holding, in view of the nature of such plants, with their smoke, noise, etc., that the right to legislate by statute or ordinance against them falls within the general police power. But any ordinance may be declared void, if in itself, or because of the peculiar facts and circumstances which gave rise to its adoption, or with reference to which it must be enforced, it will be unreasonable and oppressive in its operation. For this reason I think the Court is right in modifying the order and requiring that the injunction should extend only to the hearing, so that the facts in this particular case may be found by a jury, when we can the more intelligently pass upon the validity of the ordinance in question.
Hoee, J., concurs in this opinion.