Legal Opinion

Thodos v. Shirk

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 11, 1956No. 49048PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Larson, J.-

Chris Thodos, plaintiff herein and owner of part of Lot 6, Suburban Farms, which is a part of a tract of land consisting of Lots 1 to 23 known as Suburban Farms, an Official Plat, Polk County, Iowa, and which, with the exception of Lots S', 13, 19, 20 and 21, was formerly owned and platted in 1929 by Suburban Farms, Incorporated, brought an action in equity asking that defendants Paul B. Shirk and E. Ethel Shirk be en joined from using their property as a trailer court or for any commercial purpose in violation of the restrictive covenant in their deed. This restriction provided as…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Trustees of Columbia College v. . ThacherNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Werner v. GrahamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Stewart v. FinkelstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  4. MacKall v. CasilearSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Jackson v. StevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892

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3Cited by39 opinions

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  5. Amana Society v. Colony Inn, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1982

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