Ramsey v. Fontenot

The plaintiff in this case is a realtor conducting his business in the city of Baton Rouge and in the Parish of East Baton Rouge. In the month of February, 1941, he bought a tract of land containing 76.09 acres in the Sixth Ward of that parish for the purpose of subdividing and plotting it into streets, squares and lots for the uniform and systematic development of same as residential home sites. He called it "Walnut Hills."

In order to carry out his purpose he promulgated and established certain building restrictions and had the same recorded in the conveyance records of the parish and, as he…