Having determined that private property constitutes a nuisance, is a county liable for injury to other property caused by the failure of the county to abate the nuisance? We will conclude that it is not because a county does not have a mandatory duty to abate a nuisance.
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Plaintiffs were the owners of a residence adjoining that of William and Darlene Mattocks. In July 1981, a fire spread from...
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