· 1/15/1974
Gulf Oil Corp. v. Fall River Housing Authority
Citations
- 306 N.E.2d 257
- 364 Mass. 492
- 1974 Mass. LEXIS 585
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- restriction intended “to assure the orderly and mutually beneficial development of [an] entire area” was of actual and substantial benefit to the plaintiffs
- “landowner’s motive does not affect his right to enforce a restriction”
- owner of gas station entitled to injunction barring another from building a gas station where restriction was not a personal covenant against competition, but clearly was intended to benefit plaintiff owner by protecting the physical use of plaintiffs property
- where covenant against competition touched and concerned land
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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey
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