Koehler v. Rowland
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Allen G. Southern, Judge. (1) There is v nothing against public policy in inserting a condition in a deed that the property shall not be sold or leased to colored people. Such restrictions, tend to promote peace and to prevent violence and bloodshed, and should be encouraged.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Allen G. Southern, Judge. (1) There is v nothing against public policy in inserting a condition in a deed that the property shall not be sold or leased to colored people. Such restrictions, tend to promote peace and to prevent violence and bloodshed, and should be encouraged. The courts have sustained laws providing for separate schools for negroes and separate coaches on railroad trains, and even in street cars, and laws prohibiting negroes from attending theatres attended by white people and segregating negroes and whites in cities. The covenants…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, C.
The plaintiffs brought this suit under Section 2535, Revised Statutes 1909, to determine the title to Lot 15, Block 2, Wirtman Place, an addition to Kansas City. The plaintiff Elizabeth Koehler and her brother, George Wirtman, were at one time own-' ers of all the property in blocks 1 and 2 in Wirtman Place. In conveying this property in 1905 to Henry Waters, plaintiffs inserted the following condition in their deed:
“This transfer is made subject to the following conditions, to-wit: It is agreed between the' parties hereto, their assigns and executors, and is made a part *580of this…
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