Mattison v. Wheeler

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that property owner who had constructive notice of the recorded restrictive covenant could not “avoid the consequences of such restriction because of its own lack of due diligence”
• appellate court “may not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court if the determination of the trial court is supported by competent evidence”
• “A property owner has the duty to become aware of the recorded restrictions in the chain of title and will be bound to such restrictions absent actual notice.”
• “It is a fundamental rule of contract interpretation that the intention of the parties at the time of contract governs and that such intent must be ascertained from the entire instrument.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).