New Jersey Court of Chancery February 15, 1864 (Hinchman v. Paterson Horse Railroad)

The Chancellor.

A public nuisance must be ocaasioned by acts done in violation of law. A work which is authorized by law cannot be a nuisance. Rex v. Pease, 4 Barn. & Ad. 30; Bordentown and S. Amboy Turnpike Co. v. Camden and Amboy R. R. Co., 2 Harr. 314; Davis v. The Mayor of New York, 14 N Y. R. 506.