Benton v. Bush

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an owner could not avoid the single-family dwelling restriction by re- subdividing because each of the deeds conveying title included the restrictions
• “Notwithstanding the law’s unfavorable regard toward restrictive covenants and its strict construction of them, such restrictions, like other contracts, will be enforced according to the ... intention of the parties”
• “ Restrictions to protect the beauty of the neighborhood, value of the property, and uniformity are covenants...enforceable by the owner of any of the lots so protected by the restrictive covenants.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).