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'Whites Only' Deed Sparks Lawsuit
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| 4 22 05
| Dionne Walker
Posted on 04/22/2005 10:54:48 PM PDT by freepatriot32
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Nealie Pitts, seen here with her husband James outside their home in Richmond, Va., is suing Rufus Matthews for damages because he allegedly told her his home could be sold only to white people. (Photo: AP)
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posted on
04/22/2005 10:57:35 PM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(If you want to change goverment support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
To: freepatriot32
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Rufus Matthews, standing in front of his home, allegedly told a black buyer the house was $83,000, but for whites only.
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posted on
04/22/2005 10:59:31 PM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(If you want to change goverment support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
To: freepatriot32
Racially restrictive covenants were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in 1948.
The correct way to state it is the covenants were ruled 'unenforceable' by a court.
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:02:19 PM PDT
by
ClintonBeGone
(Malvone = MMP)
To: freepatriot32
Lucier said because Pitts has gotten her own lawyer, the office cannot legally seek monetary damages in the civil matter.
Oooooooooops.
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:04:05 PM PDT
by
ClintonBeGone
(Malvone = MMP)
To: freepatriot32
What kind of idiot would try to enforce a racial covenant in this day and age?
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:23:09 PM PDT
by
seacapn
To: seacapn
What kind of idiot would try to enforce a racial covenant in this day and age?Senator Robert Byrd?
To: freepatriot32
All your private property are belong to us (da gubmint).
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:27:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: mhking
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:31:12 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("You would have to double your IQ to be stupid. " --zip)
To: freepatriot32
Ruffus is an idiot, but should he lose his house or life savings? Why smack a little dumb guy and put him down for a long count? The Pitts look to already have a better home than Ruffus, should they get all his money too?
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:33:44 PM PDT
by
RicocheT
To: seacapn
"What kind of idiot would try to enforce a racial covenant in this day and age?"A seller, ignorant of it's unenforceability, afraid of getting sued.
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:36:51 PM PDT
by
oprahstheantichrist
(...rethinking the Oprah thing. Watch Soros closely.)
To: freepatriot32
Isn't the covenant part of the deed? Wouldn't that be revealed in a title search? What better way to shop for a home than to find some old cracker who didn't know the covenant was unenforceable and sue him for more than the price of the house?
It looks like they live in such a pit now. / Sarc.
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:38:04 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: All
As one of the greast jurists in American history, Judge Wapner, used to say, "What are her damages?"
To: BenLurkin
Where in the world did you ever get the idea that a private citizen can actually own real property? A citizen can only pay a lease contract fee, in this case $83,000, then a yearly rent usually called a school tax or property tax or some such tax to the true owner of the real property. Try not paying this yearly rent and you will find out who really owns the property that you foolishly claim to own.
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:49:55 PM PDT
by
fella
To: freepatriot32
Talk about a no-brainer.....
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posted on
04/22/2005 11:52:15 PM PDT
by
Banjoguy
(Don't be brain dead.)
To: everyone
What a ridiculous waste of taxpayer dollars. Send out a mailing telling homeowners that these restrictive covenants can no longer be enforced and leave it at that. Jesus.
To: oprahstheantichrist
He told them about the covenant out front and didn't attempt to hide it.
By the look of his house he doesn't have the money to take chances with a lawsuit over the sale of his house.
By his age and the look of his house he needs the money and just wants a quick sale.
He may be under the impression that by agreeing to the covenant when he purchased the house he is liable for the conditions of sale and he can't afford legal advice to determine if he is liable or not.
The Pitts house is many times more expensive, lavish even, compared to Rufus' humble digs.
This looks like a case of a comportable middle class Afro American professional couple taking advantage of a not too bright but decent poor white guy to get some publicity and a cheap revenue property.
Lord I never thought I'ld live to see the day when I would say something like that.
To: freepatriot32
If it were a Hispanic or 'Blacks' only deed would this even be in the news?
Hell, it would probably be celebrated as 'diversity'.
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posted on
04/23/2005 12:11:58 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(~Halliburton Told Me......)
To: beaver fever
I bet you're right. I'd be interested to know if the black couple were actually in the market to buy a house. It sounds like they heard about the curmudgeonly old fart with a racist bent and decided to try and make a quick buck.
To: jimboster
I don't even think he's racist.
I think he's probably being honest to a fault and he's financially strapped and not very knowledgeable about contract law. Which means he's like 90% of working class people.
I'm not familiar with the property values where the Pitts live but in my neighborhood they're house is $1.5 Million on the low side.
His house has mock brick duroid shingles on the side of it and a chain link garden fence!!!!
His front yard is 10 ft deep and theirs has room to build a guest house and a double wide driveway!!! The miracle is they don't even see the incongruity.
Where's the law that says rich black people are less venal and self interested than rich white people.
I think the guy is being beaten with two clubs, class and race. Unfortunately he's on the wrong side of both.
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