JACKSON v. WILLIAMS

No. 61405.

714 P.2d 1017 (1985)

Bob JACKSON and Sue Jackson, husband and wife; Robert Cobey and Susan Cobey, husband and wife; Charles Smith and Janette Smith, husband and wife, Appellees-Plaintiffs, v. Larry E. WILLIAMS and Xan H. Williams, husband and wife; Larry Emmett Williams, as Trustee of the Revocable Inter Vivos Trust of Larry Emmett Williams, Appellants-Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Boydston, Messrs. Harris & Boydston, Tulsa, for appellants-defendants.

James R. Hays, Messrs. Ellison, Hays & Nelson, Tulsa, for appellees-plaintiffs.

Paul A. Karns, Jenks, Jon R. Garrett, Garrett & Rogers, Detroit, Mich., for amicus curiae Homelife Ass'n for the Handicapped, Inc.


OPALA, Justice.

Three questions are presented for decision:

Does the use of a residence as a group home for five mentally handicapped women and their housekeeper constitute a "single-family dwelling" within the meaning of the City of Tulsa's zoning ordinance? [2] Does maintenance of a group home offend the applicable restrictive covenant that limits the use of the property in the zoned district to a residential purpose...

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