Legal Opinion
Mellitz v. Sunfield Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 30, 1925PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The restrictions imposed in the deed from the Bartram heirs to Linsky were for the common benefit of all subsequent lot owners in the tract conveyed. The restrictions create a right or interest in them in the nature of an easement which will be enforced in equity against the grantee of one of the other lots. Baker v. Lunde, 96 Conn. 530, 537, 114 Atl. 673; Lacentra v. Valeri, 244 Mass. 404, 138 N. E. 388; Evans v. Foss, 194 Mass. 513, 80 N. E. 587; Stewart v. Finkelstone, 206 Mass. 29, 34, 92 N. E. 37; Halle v. Newbold, 69 Md. 265, 270, 14 Atl. 662; Clark v. Martin, 49 Pa. St. 289; Eckhart v.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Summers v. BeelerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1899
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Hoover v. WaggomanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1948
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