ELLIS v. DUBIN

No. 4466.

16 Pa. D. & C. 2d 779 (1958)

Ellis v. Dubin

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

May 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rubin Cohen, for petitioners.

Charles L. Guerin, Jr., and W. Joseph Harrison, for respondents.


FLOOD, J., May 20, 1958.

Petitioners own vacant ground on a tract which is subject to a deed restriction prohibiting the erection of any building "except for use as a private dwelling". They seek a declaratory judgment or decree to the effect that duplex-type dwellings may be constructed on the lot notwithstanding the terms of the restriction, which it has been held prohibit such use. See Fox v. Sumerson, 338 Pa. 545 (1940); Taylor v. Lambert, 279 Pa. 514 (1924)....

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