Case Name: JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVIS
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1931-09-17
Citations: 173 Ga. 443
Docket Number: No. 8219
Parties: JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVIS.
Judges: All the Jusiices concur, except
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 173
Pages: 443–447

Head Matter:
JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVIS.
No. 8219.
September 17, 1931.
E. V. Gorier, for plaintiffs in error.
Anderson, Rountree, Crenshaw & Iiansell, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case presents only one question to be decided by this court; and that is, whether or not the operation of a boarding-house is in violation of a covenant in a deed reading as follows: "Said land shall not be used otherwise than for residence purposes, and shall not be used for a sanatorium, hospital or infirmary, and no apartment-house shall be erected thereon." Held, that the operation of a boarding-house is not in violation of the covenant quoted above; and the court erred in granting an injunction in this case, which could only be based upon the conclusion that the operation of the boarding-house referred to was in violation of the covenant.
Judgment reversed.
All the Jusiices concur, except