Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Norwood v. Davis

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 26, 1961No. 10829Published

1ConcurrenceHughes, Justice

To sustain the position appellants take in this case would be to grant, in perpetuity, to the stockholders of the dissolved corporation, Stacy Realty Company, and their legal successors, the right to destroy the residential character of Travis Heights.

This could result in neighbor being pitted against neighbor, one bidding for the right to commercialize his property, the other seeking to maintain the residential character of his own property.

It is my opinion that the right reserved by the subdivider to modify the restrictions impressed upon the subdivision expired when the subdivider, as…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Couch v. Southern Methodist UniversityTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  2. Blasser v. CassTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Loving v. ClemCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Central Power & Light Co. v. PurvisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
  5. Keith v. SeymourCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960

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