Rhinehart v. Leitch

Plaintiff and defendant own adjoining lands in a portion of the city of Stamford known as “Pinehurst,” a real-estate development which in all included about one hundred and seventy lots. Both acquired title from the Pinehurst Realty Corporation. That corporation had acquired the whole tract from the Morewood Realty Company under a deed containing certain restrictions. Among these is one which provides: “No part of the foundation of any building constructed on said lots shall be within twenty-five feet of the street line on which said lot fronts.” The deed to the defendant was expressly made…