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· 4/30/1958

Cowling v. Colligan

Citations

  • 312 S.W.2d 943
  • 158 Tex. 458
  • 1 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 395
  • 1958 Tex. LEXIS 559

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that change in conditions is affirmative defense that must be specifically pleaded and proved
  • noting that court may refuse to enforce restriction when there has been waiver of right to enforce
  • stating that in deciding restrictive covenant case, court’s “judgment must arise out of a balancing of equities or of relative hardships”
  • stating that in deciding restrictive covenant case, court’s “judgment must arise out of a balancing of equities or of relative hardships”
  • stating that in deciding restrictive covenant case, court = s A judgment must arise out of a balancing of equities or of relative hardships @
  • rendering judgment that covenant restricting use to residence purposes prohibited use of the tract for business and commercial purposes

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Judges: Calvert

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