Sto. Rosario Height

Moving to the countryside for peace and quiet? Several recent farm noise or nuisance cases in France have come to international attention. Maurice the Rooster has been found not guilty (so to speak) of annoying his new neighbors who had recently moved out from the city seeking fresh country air and a quiet life. They should have expected rural noise, according to the judge. On the other hand, a farmer has been found liable for annoying his neighbor with a cowshed and piles of manure a good distance from his own house, but virtually under the neighbor's kitchen window.