Dougherty v. Quality Pacific Homes, Inc.

Edwin and Velva Dougherty brought suit claiming a carport, owned by defendants Beckwith, was built in violation of a restrictive covenant which required various structures to be set back 20 feet from the front line of property subject to the covenant.

The trial court identified the southwest boundary of defendants’ property as the front property line and issued a mandatory injunction requiring defendants’ carport to be set back 20 feet from that line. The defendants' appeal.

We hold the trial court erred in its determination of the location of the front property line, and appellants are not in…