Court Opinion

ID: 9831587
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 21:13:34.970223+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:36.229821
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In their motion for rehearing appellees in sist that this court erred in the statement to the effect that appellants urged as a special defense that the use of contiguous property in the addition for business or commercial purposes was “by and with the consent of the common grantors and the acquiescence of appellees and other owners of lots similarly situated in the addition.” Their contention is that no pleading was filed by appellants alleging that appellees had acquiesced in the use of contiguous property for business or commercial purposes.
A careful re-examination of the answer of appellants justifies this criticism, and reveals the fact that the language used in our opinion, to wit, “by and with the consent of the common grantors and the acquiescence of ap-pellees and other owners of lots similarly situated in said addition,” was not authorized by any allegation in appellants’ answer. The writer of the opinion confused statements in appellants’ brief with the allegations of their answer.
However that may be, appellees themselves alleged that the common grantors of the parties inserted identical covenants in all deeds to lots sold in the addition, restricting the use of same to residential purposes. These allegations were denied by appellants, thus raising the issue as to whether or not the common grantors consented to a use of any of the lots for purposes other than residential. The suit being a proceeding in equity for injunctive relief, a wide field was opened for inquiry whether, and to what extent, appellees had condoned the violation of these covenants or had acquiesced in the use of lots in the addition for commercial or business purposes.
We do not regard the matter objected to as of any materiality, but, for the sake of accuracy, the opinion will be corrected by eliminating from our statement the language quoted above.
*906After a careful consideration of the motion for rehearing, we find no reason to change our original decision; hence the motion is overruled.