Metzner v. Wojdyla

Petitioners John and June Metzner seek review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division One, reversing a judgment of the Whatcom County Superior Court enjoining Respondents Christopher J. and Jadranka Z. Wojdyla from operating a licensed child day care facility in their home in the Tweed Twenty subdivision, which is subject to a restrictive covenant limiting use of the property to "residential purposes only”. We reverse the Court of Appeals.

Statement of Facts

Petitioners John and June Metzner, ages 79 and 74,1 have lived in Whatcom County for more than thirty years. In January 1989 they…