Simons v. Work of God Corp.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the Circuit Court correctly construed a restrictive land covenant appearing in defendant’s deed. The decree of the trial court permanently enjoined defendant from using its residence at 854 Castlewood Terrace, Chicago, “for any purpose other than the residence of one single family consisting only of persons related each to the others by blood or marriage and keeping house as one single housekeeping unit.”

Defendant is' an Illinois not-for-profit eleemosynary corporation whose purpose is “to foster religious and cultural development of men…