Hays v. St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church

On April 1, 1893, John A. King conveyed to the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Chicago vacant lots at the corner of Harrison street and Ashland boulevard, in the city of Chicago, having a frontage of eighty feet on Ashland boulevard. The deed contained the following provision: “Provided, hoioevcr, and this conveyance is made strictly subject to the condition, that no building or structure shall be built or erected on the land herein described and conveyed, further east or nearer Ashland avenue than is the house or building immediately south of said property.” The deed was recorded…