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127 Reasons

127 Reasons (Property · The complaint alleges that the residence has a solar) — "127 For the reasons set forth, we reverse the judgment of the circuit court di…

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  • L’opinion porte sur la possibilité d’invoquer la nuisance privée lorsque l’ombre d’une maison voisine réduit l’efficacité d’un capteur solaire.
  • La majorité infirme le jugement rejetant la plainte et renvoie l’affaire devant le tribunal de circuit.
  • Le juge Callow dissident soutient qu’aucune action pour nuisance privée ne peut être engagée au regard des faits.
  • La majorité applique la doctrine de l’usage raisonnable du Restatement pour reconnaître une cause d’action au propriétaire.
  • Le voisin agit conformément aux ordonnances et aux lois en concevant et en construisant sa maison.
  • La maison voisine peut ombrager le capteur solaire à différents moments de la journée pendant plusieurs mois de l’année.
  • Cet ombrage réduit l’efficacité du système de chauffage solaire.
  • La majorité compare cette situation aux affaires de clôtures malveillantes protégeant l’accès d’un propriétaire à la lumière.
  • Dans ces affaires, la nuisance repose sur l’usage malveillant d’un bien, sans avantage pour son propriétaire et dans le seul but de nuire au voisin.
  • Les tribunaux ont également refusé de limiter les interférences avec la réception télévisuelle et d’autres signaux de diffusion.
  • Le propriétaire dispose d’un système électrique de secours exigé par la loi si le système solaire tombe en panne ou perd de son efficacité.
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"127 For the reasons set forth, we reverse the judgment of the circuit court dismissing the complaint and remand the matter to circuit court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. … . C ALLOW , Justice (dissenting). The majority has adopted the Restatement’s reasonable use doctrine to grant an owner of a solar heated home a cause of action against his neighbor who, in acting entirely within the applicable ordinances and statutes, seeks to design and build his home in such a location that it may, at various times during the day, shade the plaintiff’s solar collector, thereby impeding the efficiency of his heating system 12 during several months of the year. Because I believe the facts of this case clearly reveal that a cause of action for private nuisance will not lie, I dissent. The majority arrives at its conclusion that the common law private nuisance doctrine is applicable by analogizing this situation with the spite fence cases which protect a landowner from malicious obstruction of access to light. See Piccirilli v. Groccia , 114 R.I. 36, 39 (1974) (plaintiff must prove allegedly objectionable fence was erected solely for the avowed purpose of damaging the abutting neighbor and not for the advantage of the person who constructed the fence); Schorck v. Epperson , 74 Wyo. 286, 287-88 (1955) (doctrine of private nuisance founded on maxim that no one should have a legal right to make a malicious use of his property for no benefit to himself but merely to injure another). [citations omitted] Courts have likewise refused to limit interference with television reception and other broadcast signals. The People ex rel. Hoogasian v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. , 52 Ill. 2d 301, 305 (1972). Clearly, the spite fence 12 Plaintiff testified that he has a backup electrical system as required by law in this state. Thus, if the solar system fails or loses efficiency, he may resort to the electrical system."

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