Crispin v. Paragon Homes, Inc.

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered upon cross-motions for summary judgment, interpreting and declaring the meaning of three provisions of a residential subdivision’s deed restrictions. Appellants, Andre Crispin, Chris Brown, and Edward Podoba, and appellees, Paragon Homes, Inc., Deutser-Weil, Inc. and Arthur M. Deck & Associates, are all property owners in Crestwood Acres, a residential subdivision in Houston.

The original deed restrictions for Crest-wood Acres were recorded in the Harris County deed records in 1940; the restrictions were amended in…