Arnoff v. Williams

Citations

• 94 Ohio St. 145
• 113 N.E. 661
• 1916 Ohio LEXIS 157

Syllabus

<p>Covenants — Building restrictions — Agreement against \more than one residence building\ — Four-suite apartment house not prohibited, when.</p> <p>In an agreement entered into between the owners it is recited that “whereas, after land upon a street is improved with fine buildings for residence purposes with the expectation that the neighboring land will be put to the same uses, stores, factories or nuisances are frequently, created and maintained to the detriment and sudden depreciation of all neighborhood property;” it is provided in such agreement, which is made a part of the deeds from the owners of such land, that the property shall be used for residence purposes only, that the same or any part ■ thereof shall not be used for factories, manufacturing, store, mercantile or business purposes, that no more than one residence building shall be located upon a lot or tract of land of fifty feet in frontage and said depth, that any such residence building shall be built at least forty feet from the line of the street, and that no residence shall be built on the premises costing less than $3,000. Field: Such restrictions do not prevent the erection of a four-suite apartment house.</p>