Forest Land Co. v. BLACK

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a deed restriction will not be \enlarged or extended by construction or implication beyond the clear meaning of its terms\
• “The fundamental rule in construing covenants and restrictive agreements is that the intention of the parties as shown by the agreement, governs.”
• “The fundamental rule in construing covenants and restrictive agreements is that the intention of the parties os shown by the agreement, governs.”
• Court reviewing restrictions on use of boats on lake stated that “[i]f the intention . . . had been to utterly prevent use of any kind of motorboat on [the lake], such intention could have been expressed in very clear and simple terms”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).