Legal Opinion
Hooker v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 2, 1942PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The main question at issue is whether the keeping of a rooming house violates the covenant in a deed that the grantee will not erect or maintain on the premises conveyed any building except one one-family dwelling house.
The finding, corrected in one minor particular, discloses the following facts: In 1921, W. L., J. L. and P. L. Goodwin were the owners of a tract of land on Asylum Avenue in Hartford. At that time they laid it out as an exclusive and select real estate development containing twenty lots. All of these lots were sold subject to similar restrictions running for twenty years.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- McClure v. . LeaycraftNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Finlay v. SwirskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Robinson v. ClappSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Town of Stamford v. VuonoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Armstrong v. LeveroneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Saphir v. NeustadtSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Southampton Civic Club v. CouchTexas Supreme Court · 1958
- Moore v. SerafinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Neptune Park Assn. v. SteinbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Goldblatt v. FerrignoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
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