Legal Opinion

Jones v. Fowler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 4, 1994No. Appeal No. 1PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: We affirm for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court. We add only that, unlike Zaccaro v Congregation Tifereth Israel (20 NY2d 77) and other authority cited by defendants, plaintiffs did not delay in asserting their rights, and defendants were neither induced to act nor prejudiced by the silence or acquiescence of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs are not estopped from enforcing the deed restrictions by having ignored previous violations. "The plaintiffs are entitled to ignore inoffensive violations of the restriction[s] without forfeiting…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rowland v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Gordon v. Incorporated Village of LawrenceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  3. Gordon v. Incorporated Village of LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Westmoreland Ass'n v. West Cutter Estates, Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. Zaccaro v. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Forest Hills, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1967

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Turner v. CaesarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. Chambers v. Old Stone Hill Road AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. Chisholm v. DeRoseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Jones v. FowlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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