McQuade v. Wilcox
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Oakland; Covert (Frank L.), J. Bill by George J. McQuade and others against Mary M. Wilcox and the Shelbourne Company to enjoin the violation of certain building restrictions. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
In 1910 defendant Mary Millington Wilcox was the owner of 105 acres of farm land lying along Woodward avenue at the 10-mile road. It was over in Oakland county and near Royal Oak. She and her husband, an attorney then practicing in Detroit, conceived the idea of platting a. portion of it for a high class residential subdivision. The plat was prepared and recorded. Its residential and restricted character was made the subject of advertisement and pointed out in conversation as an inducement to- prospective purchasers. A general plan was adopted to make it a high class restricted residential…
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