Case Name: William H. Barnard et al., Appellants, v. Noah H. Swayne et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1920-02-24
Citations: 228 N.Y. 552
Docket Number: 
Parties: William H. Barnard et al., Appellants, v. Noah H. Swayne et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 552–552

Head Matter:
William H. Barnard et al., Appellants, v. Noah H. Swayne et al., Respondents.
Barnard v. Swayne, 180 App. Div. 361, affirmed.
(Argued January 29, 1920;
decided February 24, 1920.)
Appeal from a judgment entered January 23, 1918, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and directing judgment in favor of defendants upon new findings. The action was to enforce a restrictive agreement entered into between the plaintiffs and the defendants’ predecessors in title whereby it was contended that defendants were restricted in the use of their premises to “ private dwellings, not to exceed two in number, each constructed for one family only, and one stable.” The judgment at Special Term granted an injunction restraining the conducting and continuing of a school for girls upon the said premises. The Appellate Division dissolved the injunction and directed a dismissal of the complaint.
William L. Woodward for appellants.
Henry A. Prince for Noah H. Swayne et al., respondents.
Clarence R. Freeman and Clarence U. Carruth for Florence De G. Shaw, respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cabdozo, Pound, Cbane and Andrews, JJ.