Porter v Barrett (1925)

This is another case of the use of racial exclusion covenant clause taking place in Muskegon Heights. An appeal was made to the Michigan Supreme Court during which the Mandelbaum v Mc Donnell case was used to uphold a lower court decision. Porter sued Barrett because Barrett, after constructing a house on the land they had purchased, sold the land to a black man. Porter had included a racially restrictive clause on the land. In the justices opinion he sites the previous case as reason to uphold the exclusionary clause.

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