Joslin v. Pine River Development Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• preventing group of landowners from using waterfront lot recreational purposes because where deeds to all lots in a lakeside subdivision contained covenants restricting certain budding types and imposed building requirements, a general scheme for residential use existed
• “The former prejudice against restrictive covenants which led courts to strictly construe them is yielding to a gradual recognition that they are valuable land use planning devices.”
• “[PJrivate land use restrictions ‘have been particularly important in the twentieth century when the value of property often depends in large measure upon maintaining the character of the neighborhood in which it is situated.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).