Stone v. Jones

THE COURT.

This is an action to enforce a covenant and agreement entered into by certain lot owners, by the terms of which it was agreed that said lots should not be used or occupied by persons other than the Caucasian race. Defendants and appellants are Negroes who purchased and occupied one of said lots, so restricted against such occupancy.

The record reveals that said agreement and declaration of restrictions was executed in 1927; that the property in question lies within an area in the city of Los Angeles bounded on the south by Adams Boulevard, on the north by Washington Boulevard, on the…