Legal Opinion
Rick v. West
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1962PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClare J. Hoyt, J.
Plaintiffs, the owners of some 62 acres of vacant land in the Town of Cortland, Westchester County, New York, bring this action against the defendant, the owner of a one-family house situated on a one-half acre parcel conveyed to her by plaintiffs’ predecessor in title, for a declaratory judgment to permit the sale of 15 acres from the tract for a community hospital in spite of restrictive covenants limiting the land to residential use.
Plaintiffs’ predecessor in title, Chester Rick, in 1946, purchased the tract which at the time was free of restrictions and covenants and subject to no zoning…
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