Harris v. Roraback

The parties to this suit are owners of lots on Woodland avenue, in the city of Detroit. The platters of this property placed in their conveyance of defendants’ property, which ran to defendants’ immediate grantor, the following restriction: “ That the said second party, his heirs and assigns, will not opcupy said premises except for one dwelling house to each lot.” A similar restriction was placed in the conveyance of the property owned by complainants, and in all the conveyances on said avenue except one, and the owner of that excepted lot has complied with the restriction. Defendants have…