Legal Opinion

Heltman v. Catanach

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided August 27, 2009No. 28,613; 32,003PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VANZI, Judge.

{1} Defendant appeals from an order enjoining him from subdividing his property and building a single-family residence on the resulting lot. The district court’s order was based on the terms of a restrictive covenant governing the use of the lots in Defendant’s subdivision. Defendant raised two equitable defenses to the enforcement of the covenants, but the district court concluded that the evidence did not warrant nonenforcement. As we conclude that the district court erred in refusing to consider relevant evidence in evaluating Defendant’s equitable defenses, we reverse…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Matter of Adoption of DoeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Sadler v. CreekmurAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
  3. Swenson v. EricksonUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Jones v. SchoellkopfNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. Kauffman v. RolingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Lawton v. SchwartzNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. Lawton v. SchwartzNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Myers v. ArmstrongNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2014

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