JAMES H. AUSTIN, APPELLANT,

v.

ZAYRE CORP., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, JAMES A. HAMILTON AND ALLEN B. MICHELL, SHERIFF OF BROWARD COUNTY, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Orange Gardens Civic Ass'n v. Harris, 382 So. 2d 1340 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)
  …1978); Heisler v. Marceau, 95 Fla. 135, 116 So. 447 (1928). Such restrictions are strictly construed in favor of the free and unrestricted use of land. Mundy v. Carter, 311 So. 2d 773 (Fla.lst DCA 1975); Voight v. Harbour Heights Improvement Assn., 218 So. 2d 803 (Fla.4th DCA 1969). Substantial ambiguity or doubt is resolved against the party claiming the right to enforce the restriction. Washington Apartment Hotel Co. v. Schneider, 75 So. 2d 907 (Fla.1954). The problem of interpreting setback restrictions…
• Young v. Tortoise Island Homeowner's Ass'n, Inc., 511 So. 2d 381 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987)
  …an agency or board has the absolute power or discretion to approve or disapprove building plans, Florida courts take the position that such approval cannot be exercised arbitrarily or unreasonably. Voight v. Harbour Heights Improvement Association, 218 So. 2d 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969); Engvalson v. Webster, 74 So. 2d 113 (Fla.1954). In the absence of an existing pattern or scheme of type of architecture which puts a prospective purchaser on notice that only one kind of style will be allowed,2 either in the rec…

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• Ware Constr. Co., Inc. v. Norman S. Thomas et ux., 357 So. 2d 452 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978)
  …rty. Restrictive covenants are regarded unfavorably and are, therefore, strictly construed in favor of the free and unrestricted use of the land. Ballinger v. Smith, 54 So. 2d 433 (Fla.1951); Voight v. [*454] Harbour Heights Improvement Association, 218 So. 2d 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969). Any “substantial ambiguity or doubt must be resolved against the person claiming the right to enforce the covenant.” Washingtonian Apartment Hotel Co. v. Schneider, 75 So. 2d 907 (Fla.1954). Effect will be given to the intention…

Authorities Cited

• Johnson v. Meyer Weiner also known as M. Weiner, 155 Fla. 169 (Fla. 1944)
• Rhoda Camp v. Silas, 113 Fla. 323 (Fla. 1933)
• Herbeck v. Holdeman, 163 So. 2d 766 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964)
• Maud Frierson v. Frierson, 113 Fla. 441 (Fla. 1934)