New York Court of Appeals

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Respondent v. Thomas Brennan, Appellant

March 10, 1896148 N.Y. 661

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's judgment, holding that the covenant running only to the grantor did not create an enforceable negative easement and that no uniform plan of restriction existed on the eastern half of the block, thus the plaintiff could not maintain the action.