Bernard v. Schneider

Otis, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment permanently enjoining defendants from violating a restrictive covenant against commercial activity on real property conveyed by plaintiff to defendants. The action was tried by the court without a jury.

The property in question includes three one-acre lots adjacent to, and south of, the so-called Hudson Road, being Highway No. 12, in Woodbury Township, Washington County. It appears that on October 8, 1956, the town adopted a zoning ordinance which was in effect at the time of. the transactions here in question and restricted this property to commercial use.

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