Martin Coker Lassiter, Petitioner v. Elmer Bliss, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's permanent injunction enjoining Elmer Bliss from maintaining a mobile home on his lot, holding that the restrictive covenant prohibited mobile homes because they are "trailers" within the covenant's language; the Court also affirmed the trial court's procedural rulings on findings of fact, conclusions of law, and notice of a full hearing. Justice Johnson dissented, arguing that the covenant was intended only to bar trailers and should not apply to modern mobile homes.