Leeman v Montagu
Nuisance – Adjoining owners – Noise – Poultry farm.
The plaintiff purchased a house in a partly rural, but largely residential district. Adjoining this
house was a poultry farm, and about 100 yards from the plaintiff’s house was an orchard in
which the poultry farmer kept large numbers of cockerels. The plaintiff complained of the
noise made by the cockerels in the early mornings, and threatened proceedings unless they
were removed.