Scholtes v. McColgan

The appellant is the owner of two lots on the Falls Road in Baltimore County, which were purchased by him in March, 1940, and in January, 1942, both from the appellee. In each of his deeds is found the following clause: “The property above described or any building thereon shall at no time be occupied by any Negro or any person of Negro extraction; this restriction however, is not intended to include the occupancy by any Negro domestic servant while employed in or about the premises by the owner or occupant of the property.”

Appellant’s lots were part of a tract of about 74 acres, conveyed…