Sheets v. Dillon

Tbe servitude imposed by restrictive covenants is a species of incorporeal right. It restrains the owner of the servient estate from making certain use of his property. Turner v. Glenn, 220 N. C., 620, and cases cited; 14 Am. Jur., 608-09. Such right or interest reserved in a conveyance will be effective as against all who deraign title through the grantee, although the reservation is not expressed in subsequent deeds. 16 Am. Jur., 611.

The courts have generally sustained covenants restricting the use of property where reasonable, not contrary to public policy, not in restraint of trade and…