Private  nuisances  and  right  of  action  therefor.  —  Private  nui-
sances are  those  that  result  from  the  violation  of  private  rights  and
produce  damages  to  but  one  or  a  few  persons.  Wood  on  Nuisances,
§  15.  An  action  will  lie  by  reason  of  the  erection  of  a  house  by
defendant  upon  the  line  of  plaintiff's  land,  so  that  the  eaves  and
gutters  project.  Aikin  v.  Benedict,  39  Barb.  400.  A  person  is
liable  for  the  injurious  consequences  that  may  flow  from  the
invasion  of  a  legal  right  of  his  neighbor.  Tremain  v.  Cohoes
Co.,  2  N.  Y.  163;  Bellows  v.  Sackeit,  15  Barb.  96;  Thomas
V.  Kenyan,  1  Daly,  132 ;  Benson  v.  Suarez,  28  How.  511.
Failure  to  provide  suitable  gutters,  so  that  the  building  of  an-
other is  injured,  is  a  nuisance.  Gilbert  v.  Beach,  4  Duer,  423.
The  erection  of  an  embankment  on  land,  so  as  to  cause  water  to
overflow  lands  of  another,  is  a  nuisance.  Goodale  v.  Tuttle,  29
N.  Y.  467.  Defective  closets  or  water  pipes,  or  negligent  mainte-
nance of  any  thing  which  is  a  nuisance,  is  actionable.  Rabbins  v.
Mount,  4  Eobt.  553  ;  Mowe  v.  Goedel,  34  N.  Y.  52T.  Negligent
blasting,  to  the  injury  of  an  individual,  is  an  actionable  nuisance.
Hay  V.  Cohoes  Co.,  2  N.  Y.  159  ;  Tremain  v.  Cohoes  Co.,  id.  1(!3.
Posting  placards  in  the  vicinity  of  plaintiff's  place  of  business,  cal-
culated to  prevent  people  from  trading  with  him,  is  a  nuisance.
Gilbert  v.  Mickle,  4  Sandf.  Gh.  357.  Allowing  a  horse  with  a  con-
tagious disease  to  go  in  the  street  or  on  lands  with  another.  Mills
V.  N.  T.  <&  H.  B.  R.  Go.,  2  Eobt.  326 ;  Fisher  v.  Clarh,  41  Barb.
