Cooper v. Powell

The defendant, Robert Cooper, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, Edwin Powell, in an action to enforce restrictive covenants encumbering residential lots located in Madison County. The trial court declared the covenants enforceable and ordered Cooper to remove a mobile home located on his property.

On May 29, 1991, Robert Cooper; his wife, Betty J. Cooper; their daughter, Sandra R. England; and her husband, Thomas W. England, Jr., entered into a contract to purchase three acres of land from Country Places, Inc. The deed conveying the three acres contained the following…