Legal Opinion

Bramlett v. Dauphin Island Property Owners Ass'n

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 29, 1990No. 88-1479PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALMON, Justice.

This appeal is from an injunction ordering E.C. Bramlett, Jr., to remove from his lot in the Silver Cay West subdivision of Dauphin Island a structure containing a boat lift and a deck. The Dauphin Island Property Owners Association (“the Association”) brought this action, contending that the structure violated restrictive covenants applicable to the lot. Bramlett argues that the restrictive covenants are ambiguous and that the trial court erred in enforcing them so as to require him to remove the structure.

The lot was subject to the following restrictive covenants in the 1953…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bear v. BernsteinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  2. Johnson v. BryantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Tubbs v. BrandonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  4. Frander v. Frander, Inc. v. GriffenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  5. DAUPHIN ISLAND, ETC. v. KuppersmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Leake v. Campbell, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
  2. Stewart v. Secor Realty & Investment Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1995
  3. Dauphin Island Property Owners Ass'n v. PittsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008
  4. Austin Brook and Austin Park Property Owners Association, Inc. v. William E. Nabors and Sandra R. NaborsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2026
  5. Scott R. Leake and Susan E. Leake, Individually and on Behalf of the Architectural Control Committee of the Sunny Meadows Addition v. Therman M. Campbell, Jr. and Susan M. Campbell, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011

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