Ronberg v. Smith

Victor Romberg and wife, the owners of lot 5, block 20, University Park Addition to Seattle, brought this action to enjoin Herbert Smith and wife from erecting and maintaining two residence duplex houses on their adjoining lot 4 of the same block and addition. The superior court denied the plaintiffs any relief and they have appealed.

Property consisting of forty acres, situate near the state university, was platted in 1906, and lots were sold with the expressed purpose of making it a residential district. The deeds of conveyance contained building restrictions that, for a period of twenty…