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Bhawan Singh Vs. Narottam Singh

Bhawan Singh vs Narottam Singh

Type Court Judgment Court Allahabad Decided Apr 29, 1909
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Citation
Court
Allahabad
Judge
Decided On
Subject
Civil

Case Summary

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Public thoroughfare - Obstruction--Nuisance--Special damage--Maintainability of suit without such damage. - - It is a well-known rule that a private action cannot be maintained in respect of a public nuisance save by a person who suffers particular damage beyond what is suffered by him in common with all other per...

Key legal issue
Civil

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Bhawan Singh

Respondent

Narottam Singh

Legal References

Reported In
2Ind.Cas.365

Excerpt

public thoroughfare - obstruction--nuisance--special damage--maintainability of suit without such damage. - - it is a well-known rule that a private action cannot be maintained in respect of a public nuisance save by a person who suffers particular damage beyond what is suffered by him in common with all other persons affected by the nuisance (pollock on torts, vii edn. on this ground the plaintiff's suit must fail and has been rightly dismissed.banerji, j.1. the suit which, has given rise to this appeal was brought by the plaintiff, who is a tenant of the defendants, zamindars, for demolition of certain constructions alleged to have been made on a public thoroughfare and for the widening of that thoroughfare for the passage of carts. the court of first instance decreed the claim but the lower appellate court has dismissed it. it was found by the court of first instance, and it is admitted by the learned vakil for the appellant that the pathway in question is a public thoroughfare. the alleged obstruction to it is, therefore, a public nuisance. it is a well-known rule that a private action cannot be maintained in respect of a public nuisance save by a person who suffers particular damage beyond what is suffered by him in common with all other persons affected by the nuisance (pollock on torts, vii edn., p. 395). it is not alleged in this case that the plaintiff has suffered any particular damage. on the contrary, it has been found by the lower appellate court that there is a way across the waste land lying to the south of the defendant's house for the passage of the plaintiff's carts. so that it cannot be said that the plaintiff has sustained any particular damage. this being so the plaintiff is not entitled to have the alleged nuisance removed. on this ground the plaintiff's suit must fail and has been rightly dismissed. i dismiss the appeal with costs.

Full Judgment

Banerji, J.

1. The suit which, has given rise to this appeal was brought by the plaintiff, who is a tenant of the defendants, zamindars, for demolition of certain constructions alleged to have been made on a public thoroughfare and for the widening of that thoroughfare for the passage of carts. The Court of first instance decreed the claim but the lower appellate Court has dismissed it. It was found by the Court of first instance, and it is admitted by the learned vakil for the appellant that the pathway in question is a public thoroughfare. The alleged obstruction to it is, therefore, a public nuisance. It is a well-known rule that a private action cannot be maintained in respect of a public nuisance save by a person who suffers particular damage beyond what is suffered by him in common with all other persons affected by the nuisance (Pollock on Torts, VII Edn., p. 395). It is not alleged in this case that the plaintiff has suffered any particular damage. On the contrary, it has been found by the lower appellate Court that there is a way across the waste land lying to the south of the defendant's house for the passage of the plaintiff's carts. So that it cannot be said that the plaintiff has sustained any particular damage. This being so the plaintiff is not entitled to have the alleged nuisance removed. On this ground the plaintiff's suit must fail and has been rightly dismissed. I dismiss the appeal with costs.

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