Nueces

River heading in s. Texas and flowing s.e. to the Gulf of Mexico. Drainage area 18,944 sq. m., length 400 m. Nuisance. Act unlawfully disturbing the enjoyment of private property or of common rights. The former is a privat nuisance, remediable in a civil action by the injured party; the ty: the latter ordinarily sustains only a public prosecution. A private nuisance may be abated by the injured party without suit.