Judgment reversed on the law, with costs and complaint dismissed, with costs.
The findings of fact contained in the decision of the court at Special Term are affirmed. Restrictive covenants must be construed strictly against those seeking to enforce them, and when the language used is reasonably capable of two constructions, the one that limits rather than the one that extends the restriction should be adopted. (Buffalo Academy of Sacred Heart v. Boehm Bros.
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