Nerrerter v. Little

Contracts for the sale o'f lots fronting on Lawrence avenue between Hamilton avenue and 12th street, Detroit, contained restrictive covenants providing that nothing but a dwelling house or a duplex dwelling house might be built on the lots. All buildings were erected in conformity with the restrictions, except on a few lots at the corner of business streets. A two-story dwelling house was built on the two lots involved in the instant case. The contract and deed to James W. Parker and wife, grantors of defendant Eleanor C. Little, who purchased the property, contained the restriction. The…