Forstmann v. Joray Holding Co.

The very important question to resident owners of real property in Manhattan is presented on this appeal — whether or not there is any protection to the privacy of a residence block against the encroachment of business buildings therein in violation of an express covenant forbidding the permitting of the use of the land for any purpose except for a building used as a “ dwelling house for a single family? ” It is a futile argument in justification of nullifying this covenant to say that the neighborhood has changed in character, since the restriction was imposed not to govern a general…