Opinion

Rohan v. Detroit Racing Association

  • 314 Mich. 326
  • 22 N.W.2d 433
  • 166 A.L.R. 1246
  • 1946 Mich. LEXIS 411
Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Filed
Apr 10, 1946
Status
Published
Author
Bushnell
On the bench
Bushnell, Carr, Sharpe, Reid, Starr, Butzel, North, Boyles
Cited by
65 cases

“ ‘If a nuisance is private and arises out of a particular manner of operating a legitimate business, the court will do no more than point to the nuisance and decree adoption of methods calculated to eliminate injurious features.’ ”

How later courts described this case

  • “ ‘If a nuisance is private and arises out of a particular manner of operating a legitimate business, the court will do no more than point to the nuisance and decree adoption of methods calculated to eliminate injurious features.’ ”
  • "Tf a nuisance is private and arises out of a particular manner of operating a legitimate business, the court will do no more than point to the nuisance and decree adoption of methods calculated to eliminate injurious features.’ ”
  • interpreting similar language as “authorizing . . . pari- mutuel betting”
  • a court of equity will abate nuisance " 'only in cases where an action at law would afford no adequate redress’ ”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Bushnell, J.

(concurring).

I concur. However, I cannot approve the present method of conducting the pari-mutuel system.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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