Hiner v. Hoffman

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

Defendants-appellants Michael J. Hoffman and Minako Suzuki, also known as Minako S. Hoffman [hereinafter, collectively, the Hoff-mans], appeal from the circuit court’s order granting the motion for summary judgment brought by plaintiffs-appellees Frances A. Hiner, James Dukes, Gladys Hollman, and Pacific Palisades Community Association [hereinafter, collectively, the plaintiffs-appel-lees] and denying the Hoffmans’ cross-motion for summary judgment. The central issue on appeal is the interpretation of language in a 1966 restrictive covenant running with the…