Bortolotti ex rel. 3630 Development Trust v. Kesten

Kane, Robert J., J.

In this action, Robert J. Bortolotti, Trustee of the 3630 Development Trust (Bortolotti), seeks a declaratory judgment voiding Robert F. Hayden TV’s (Hayden) first refusal rights and ordering Robert G. Kesten, Sr. (Kesten) to convey the property located at 3630 Falmouth Road, Marstons Mills, Mass. Both Hayden and Kesten move for summary judgment. Bortolotti contends that the statutory rule against perpetuities voids Hayden’s first refusal rights. Conversely, Hayden contends inter alia that G.L.c. 184, §23, limiting an exercise of an unlimited restriction on title or use of…