Glassburn v. Fair

This appeal stems from a declaratory judgment denying the plaintiff, E. Blanche Glassburn, relief from restrictive covenants contained in deeds to three lots located in a residential subdivision known as Recker Heights.

In the 1940’s, Mr. and Mrs. Lue Keeker platted certain farm land located about a mile east of the corporate limits of Piqua, Ohio. The Beckers sold lots in the subdivision to various parties, including the plaintiff who purchased one lot in 1946, and two more in 1952. There were no restrictions in the plat, but most of the deeds to the various lots contained clauses restricting…