Cowherd Development Co. v. Littick

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• holding that the amendment procedure contained in a declaration of covenants did not authorize the majority of owners to extend the restrictions as to part of the lots and to release them as to others
• holding that the amendment procedure contained in a declaration of covenants did not authorize the majority of owners to extend the restrictions as to part of the lots and to release them as to others
• noting that a prospective purchaser, when reading the restrictive covenants, would not expect “that the owners of a majority of ... [the lots] in the subdivision would have the power to release the lots adjoining his lot from the restrictions and continue them as to others”
• noting that a prospective purchaser, when reading the restrictive covenants, would not expect “that the owners of a majority of. .. [the lots] in the subdivision would have the power to release the lots adjoining his lot from the restrictions and continue them as to others”

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