Speer v. Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Goodall, (appellees) instituted this equity action in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Shearin, J., presiding) to compel the removal of a building built by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Speer (appellants) upon the Speers’ property, allegedly in violation of restrictive covenants placed upon appellants’ property by a developer. After finding that the building violated the covenants, an injunction was issued directing that the building be razed.

I

A threshold question to be decided is whether the appellees have standing to enforce the restrictions…