Strauss v. J. C. Nichols Land Co.

— The plaintiffs as owners of lots in the Wornall Homestead, an addition to Kansas City, brought this suit to set aside an agreement to extend certain building restrictions applicable to certain lots in that addition. The defendant J. C. Nichols Land Company filed the plat of the addition. The J. C. Nichols Investment Company later became interested in the property. The remaining defendants were owners of lots or parts of lots in that addition. The judgment was for defendants, and the plaintiffs appealed.

The accompanying plat shows the lots affected by the restrictions.

The plaintiff Strauss…