Finn v. Morgan Island Estates, Inc.

In August, 1944, defendant Morgan Island Estates, Inc. (hereinafter called the Developer), acquired title to property at East Island, Glen Cove, Nassau County, which it thereafter subdivided into 139 plots, subject to a uniform plan of restrictions. At the insistence of plaintiff, who had acquired title to plot 26 subject to the restrictions, said defendant executed on August 30, 1946, a document restricting present and future buildings on plot 78 to use as a one-family dwelling. On August 23, 1952, an agreement was signed by plaintiff, both defendants, and a number of other property owners,…