Raney v. Tompkins

The question raised in this appeal is whether a restrictive covenant in a deed, against the use of land retained by the grantors for purposes of a gasoline filling station, is enforceable by the grantees against assignees of the grantors. Summarizing the material facts, it appears that on March 20, 1942 George C. Shoemaker and wife, the owners of a triangular parcel of land in Montgomery County, known as Triangule Park, conveyed one corner of the tract, designated as parcel A, to the appellees for use as a filling station. There were some 67 lots laid out upon the portion of the tract…