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)
Posted on 04/22/2005 10:54:48 PM PDT by freepatriot32
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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Rufus Matthews, standing in front of his home, allegedly told a black buyer the house was $83,000, but for whites only.
The correct way to state it is the covenants were ruled 'unenforceable' by a court.
Oooooooooops.
What kind of idiot would try to enforce a racial covenant in this day and age?
Senator Robert Byrd?
All your private property are belong to us (da gubmint).
BC/JD?
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?
A seller, ignorant of it's unenforceability, afraid of getting sued.
It looks like they live in such a pit now. / Sarc.
As one of the greast jurists in American history, Judge Wapner, used to say, "What are her damages?"
Talk about a no-brainer.....
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.
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.
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.
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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