Module 9: Real Property and Estate Law Forum

Please answer this question.

Should municipalities or private owners be liable to property owners who purchase the property knowing of an undesirable situation? Should I be able to bring suit for noxious orders or noise pollution if I buy next to a cow farm or the freeway?

Image: Lea Cheatwood stands outside her home in Oxford, Ala., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004. Cheatwood lives down the street from Tull Chemical Co., a small factory that manufactures Compound 1080, one of the world's most toxic poisons. Cheatwood hopes environmentalists and an Oregon congressman succeed in getting Tull shut down. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)