Cochran v. Bentley

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the doctrine of laches requires “a showing of some sort that the party asserting the doctrine has suffered or changed its position as a result.of the lack of diligence or delay in assertion of rights”
• stating that the doctrine of laches requires “a showing of some sort that the party asserting the doctrine has suffered or changed its position as a result of the lack of diligence or delay in assertion of rights”
• “Precedent governs until it gives a result so patently wrong, so manifestly unjust, that a break becomes unavoidable.”
• Provision which prohibited nonresidential structures on residential lots was a restrictive covenant.
• Provision which prohibited nonresidential structures on residential lots was a restrictive covenant.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).