Voice of Cornerstone Church Corp. v. Pizza Property Partners

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

In this appeal, we review a permanent injunction enforcing a restrictive covenant to prohibit activities of a church located on the former site of the Austin petroleum “tank farm.” Although the backdrop of this appeal involves not only religious but also environmental concerns, the issues properly preserved on appeal and within our power to consider are exclusively these: (1) whether the church, as a purchaser charged with notice, is bound by a restrictive covenant on the property; (2) whether the district court properly determined that the church’s use of the…