Cardinal Partners, LLC v. Desco Investment Co., L.L.C.

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

Cardinal Partners, LLC presently owns the Chariton Square Shopping Center in the City of St. Louis (the property). Des-eo Investment Company, L.L.C. originally owned the property and inserted a restrictive covenant governing the property’s use when it transferred the property. The present owner filed a declaratory-judgment action against the original owner, seeking a declaration that the restrictive covenant the original owner inserted in a special warranty deed is invalid as a matter of law, and therefore, unenforceable. The original owner responded, maintaining…