· 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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