Jernigan v. Capps

*75The appellees who were the complainants in the court below, filed their bill in equity against A. S. Jernigan, the appellant, to restrain him from erecting on a lot of land which he had contracted to purchase, a one-story four-family apartment building. The bill alleged that such building was in violation of certain restrictive covenants in a deed or deeds in the defendant’s chain of title. The lower court granted the prayer of the bill and enjoined the erection of the proposed building. Hence this appeal.

The matter is before us on an agreed statement of facts which will be briefly…