Ralph Watkins owns a large home on a two-acre lot in Tempe,Arizona.Watkins has much of the lot covered with tiff grass and is meticulous about mowing the lawn.Watkins piles the grass clippings near his back fence and removes them on a semiannual basis.The clippings attract crickets,rodents,scorpions,and other forms of desert life.Watkins' neighbor,Vern Brown,has noted that the various forms of desert life scale the wall and invade his property.Brown has worked with his exterminator but his exterminator has told him that the grass clippings must go before the bugs will go.Brown:

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Brown could seek an injunction against Watkins on the basis of nuisance. Brown may be able to prove that the presence of the pile of grass clippings is causing a substantial and unreasonable interference with his use and enjoyment of his property. The fact that the presence of the pile attracts pests that invade Brown's property may be sufficient to show such interference.

Ralph Watkins Owns a Large Home on a Two-Acre Lot