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Equitable Servitudes, George L. Clark
Equitable Servitudes, George L. Clark
Michigan Law Review
Specific performance of restrictions upon property before Tulk v. Moxhay. Before the decision in Tulk v. MoXhay 2 a contract not to use land in a particular manner was treated by equity courts in the same way as were other negative contracts; if the plaintiff was so injured in the enjoyment of his own land that damages at law did not furnish an adequate remedy, equity would specifically enforce the contract by granting an injunction against the promisor.8 The right thus to control the use of the property in the hands of the promisor can hardly be classified as other …