University Hills, Inc. v. Robert H. Patton, Bert Maxwell, Jr. And Layton A. Humphrey

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellee, University Hills, Inc. (University Hills), is an Ohio corporation with its principal office and place of business in Toledo. Defendants-appellants, Robert H. Patton, Bert Maxwell, Jr. and Layton A. Humphrey, all residents of Texas, are engaged in the business of constructing college dormitories.

University Hills instituted the present action in the Common Pleas Court of Lucas County, Ohio, to enjoin appellants from constructing dormitories on premises adjacent to and in front of their land, in Toledo, Ohio. The gist of the action was that dormitory…