Mobley v. Bent Tree Community, Inc.

Miller, Judge.

After John Mobley bought land in the Bent Tree Community, the community’s board filed an amendment to its restrictive covenants to require a minimum of 1,250 square feet for newly built homes. Before the court clerk recorded the amendment, Mobley submitted an application to the community’s architectural committee to build a 900-square-foot home. Several days after the amendment was recorded, the committee disapproved Mobley’s application for failure to comply with the 1,250-square-foot minimum. He appealed to the Bent Tree board, arguing that his submitting the application…