Legal Opinion
Bagnall v. Young
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 1908No. Docket No. 64PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill by Herbert Bagnall, Henry C. Colburn, and Elias W. Wardell against Louis A. Young and Esther M. Young to enjoin the violation of a building restriction in a deed. From a decree for complainants, defendants apapeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Complainants seek to restrain defendants from erecting a two-story “flat, dwelling-house building,” designed and intended for the use of more than one family, upon a certain lot owned by defendants on Melbourne avenue in Detroit, the deed of which contains the following restriction:
“ One of the conditions of this deed is that nothing but a two story dwelling house, costing not less than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), set on a brick or stone foundation, and the necessary out buildings, shall be erected on said lots, said dwelling house to be set not less than twenty (20) feet from front…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Harris v. RorabackMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Frink v. HughesMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
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