Price v. Anderson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The court below refused to enforce a covenant in a deed which provided that the land conveyed could be used only for dwelling or apartment house purposes. The grantors, owners of the dominant tenement, appeal.

In 1852 Eli K. Price acquired 89 acres of farm land in West Philadelphia extending from what is now Sansom Street on the north to Cedar Avenue on the south and from 45th Street on the east to 50th Street on the west. Parts of this tract have been sold from time to time by the trustees of his estate, which still retains in its ownership, hoAvever, a few…