Metryclub Gardens Ass'n v. Council

Metryclub Gardens Association, the plaintiff, is a nontrading corporation which was organized in 1929 for the purpose of protecting and maintaining as an attractive and permanent residential section the subdivision in Jefferson Parish known as Metryclub Gardens. Its charter authorizes it to receive, possess and exercise all of the rights established in favor of Metairie Park, Inc., and its successors in title, and particularly to enforce the covenants and obligations contained in acts of sale by the Metairie Park, Inc.

During 1937 and 1938 the defendant, Miss Sallie Council, by authentic acts,…