Ackerman v. Clairtown Investors, Inc.

CLEMENS, Judge.

Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment that restrictive covenants on lots dedicated as Clairtown Subdivision in Franklin County were not applicable to their land. Defendants prayed for a decree declaring the opposite. The trial court found for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.

Since plaintiffs’ brief fails to comply with Rule 84.04, V.A.M.R. and manifest justice does not require us to suspend that rule, we dismiss the appeal as authorized by Rule 84.08.

Plaintiffs broadly state in their first point relied on: “Ambiguities in the construction of covenants are to be strictly…