Title: RBYCC Property Owners Assoc v. Wolhar

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
REHOBOTH BEACH YACHT & 
COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY 
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, 
 
Appellant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
ROBERT WOLHAR, JR., 
 
Appellee Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 346, 2017 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. S15A-08-001 
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Submitted: March 23, 2018 
  Decided: May 21, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record below, 
the Court concludes that the judgment on appeal should be affirmed on the 
basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its February 2, 
2017 opinion affirming the Court of Common Pleas’ grant of summary 
judgment to the appellee and its July 28, 2017 opinion denying the appellant’s 
motion for reargument.   
Contrary to the appellant’s assertion on appeal, neither the Court of 
Common Pleas nor the Superior Court “reached out and decided an issue not 
before the court.”  The issue of the validity of the appellant’s amendments to 
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the restrictive covenants was squarely presented to each court.  The appellant 
stipulated in the Court of Common Pleas that there was no triable issue of 
material fact.  Thus, we find no error in the Superior Court’s refusal to 
consider additional evidence that the appellant failed to present to the Court 
of Common Pleas, nor do we find any error in the Superior Court’s application 
of the law to the facts. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice