Hamm v. Wilson

1. “The restriction, ‘for residence purposes/ as contained in the deed involved in this case, does not prohibit the erection of apartment-houses used exclusively for residence purposes.” Courtney v. Hunter, 159 Ga. 321 (125 S. E. 714), and cit.

2. A restrictive covenant in a deed of conveyance, stipulating that “the lot shall not be subdivided, and only one residence shall be erected on each lot,” is not broken by the building of a separate dwelling-house on either lot, although the dwelling-houses on the two separate lots both join a brick party-wall built on the line between said lots. Hamm…