Legal Opinion

Bloomfield Estates Improvement Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Birmingham

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 18, 2007No. Docket 130990PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMarkman, J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider: (1) whether the use of a park as a “dog park” violates a deed restriction limiting use of the land to “residential purposes only”; and (2) whether a plaintiff has waived the ability to challenge a violation of a deed restriction when the plaintiff has failed to challenge less serious violations of the deed restriction in the past. We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals that use of land for a “dog park” violates a deed restriction limiting use of the land to “residential purposes only.” Moreover, we also affirm the judgment of the Court of…

2Cases cited41 opinions

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