Legal Opinion

Christ's Methodist Church v. Macklanburg

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 4, 1947No. 32746PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.

The parties to the appeal occupy the same relative position as in the trial court, and will be herein referred to as plaintiff and defendants.

The question here involved is the effect of a restriction against use of lots ■in a platted addition for other than residential purposes, and particularly whether a church as purchaser of the lots is entitled ot erect and maintain thereon a church notwithstanding such restriction. The restriction involved is applicable to lots in Lincoln Terrace addition, an addition to Oklahoma City, comprising an acreage of 97% acres, subdivided into streets, avenues…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Rombauer v. Compton Heights Christian ChurchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ascension v. SahlemNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. Boyden v. RobertsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Southwest Petroleum Co. v. LoganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Reed v. WilliamsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Kessler v. StoughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  3. Ginsberg v. Yeshiva of Far RockawayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  4. Moore v. WhiteSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
  5. West Nichols Hills Presbyterian Church v. FolksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954

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