ECC Parkway Joint Venture v. Baldwin

ENOCH, Chief Justice.

ECC Parkway Joint Venture complains that it was sold a tract of raw land without being told that the property was subject to a prior deed restriction limiting to thirty feet the height of any building constructed on the property. From this simple seed has sprung a veritable wilderness of litigation. ECC first sued its title insurer, Title Insurance Company of Minnesota, to recover under its title policy, and was paid a sum of money in settlement of that action. Now in this action ECC has sued the seller, Peter W. Baldwin, d/b/a The Baldwin Company, and a broker,…